Platinum Fighter Sales has just listed a 1944 Vickers-Armstrong Spitfire IX, PL344. This aircraft has only 204.5 hours since its complete restoration, with 182 hours on its Packard Merlin 266 ...

The latest Spitfire Mark IX had a 1,720 horsepower engine and was equipped with both 20mm cannons and .50 calibre machine-guns. The fighters provided crucial air support for the D-Day landings and ...