ITA2843 - Italeri 1/48 Spitfire Mk IX Aces - WWHP113797

ITA2843 - Italeri 1/48 Spitfire Mk IX Aces - WWHP113797

Preowned, Original seal, Box worn

Supermarine’s Spitfire Mk.IX started as a stopgap. When the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 began outclassing the Mk.V in 1942, Supermarine fitted the two-stage supercharged Merlin 61 into the Mk.V airframe. The result was so effective that more than 5,600 were built, more than any other Spitfire mark. This Italeri WWII Aces kit features five famous Allied aces who flew it, and two of them have strong Canadian connections. Johnnie Johnson led the RCAF’s Kenley Wing. Montreal’s George “Buzz” Beurling, nicknamed the “Falcon of Malta,” was Canada’s top-scoring ace of the war.

• Plastic parts, clear parts and illustrated instructions (still in the original factory seal, not inspected)
• Cartograf-printed decals for five aces:
  • F/Lt Pierre Clostermann, No. 602 Squadron, “LO-D,” Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy, summer 1944, with invasion stripes
  • W/Cdr James Edgar “Johnnie” Johnson, No. 402 (City of Winnipeg) Squadron, “JE-J,” Kenley, Surrey, summer 1943
  • F/Lt Jan Falkowski, No. 402 Squadron, 3rd Polish Wing, “RF-M,” Westhampnett, Sussex, July 1944
  • S/Ldr Russell Foskett, No. 94 Squadron, “GN-F,” Egypt, June 1944
  • F/Lt George “Buzz” Beurling, No. 412 Squadron, “VZ-B,” Biggin Hill, February 1944
• Finished model: 20.0 cm long
• Figure not included