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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Latest instalment in the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series from award-winning developer Maddox Games.

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Old 03-04-2011, 06:33 AM
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anyway, for a short time the Spitfire IXs with Merlin 61&63 were unofficialy called Mk.IXA and the ones with Merlin 66 Mk.IXB.
totaly indepentend from their armament - all had 2x20mm and 4x.303cal , at this time !
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Old 03-04-2011, 06:55 AM
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Good post Ospery, obviously the official suffix and prefix system was made up as early as 1941.
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Old 03-04-2011, 01:26 PM
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Yes it seems by good collaboration too.

Frankyboy, what's your source? The only reference I could find was MkI's which were upgraded to MkV's which temporarily carried this naming convention (VA) because the wings were not replaced on the very first. Only about 120 (memory from last nights reading) of the Mk VA were produced.
This wasn't uncommon to fighter production, as new developments came in the factories would use up old stock of sections which is why you sometimes see strange configurations in airframes on particular Mks. It makes sense, resources were precious and the Mk IX was a MkV which was a MkI. The development and testing of these combinations was constant and they kept on spewing out the hybrids.
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Old 03-04-2011, 03:07 PM
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Alfred Price Osprey Aircraft of the Aces volume 5 "Late Mark Spitfire Aces 1942-45"
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Old 03-05-2011, 04:45 PM
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Fruitbat, no worries - any friend of TOAD's is a friend of mine After I get some time before CoD release - I'd like to come fly 1 v 1 with you and TOAD....

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sure thing, i'd like that.
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