The MkVIII Spitfire was a better plane than the MkIX and is supposed to be the nicest all round spitfire to fly.
The MkIX was afterall only ment to be a short term fill-in until the MkVIII was ready for production and only had a slightly strengthend MkV airframe which wasn't really strong enough for the extra power of the Merlin with the 2 stage supercharger.
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