Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXe
Serial: MH 434.  Code CK-D  BAF

Belgian AF camo version for European theatres in the 
Spit IX slot, based on a photo of the actual aircraft and 
a model aircraft (see pics included) owned by Belgian
model enthusiast Renaud Leclercq.
Model details :
Wingspan 1.68m.
Weight: 6.5kg
Engine: Laser 100.

Adapted from  files by Col Gibbon and DeanH, 
and skinned for Gus Audiber aka RAF_Dumoulin.

cheers
Ade Kelly 'flying tiger'
may 2006


Notes:
This particular aircraft, MH434, was built in 1943 and delivered to 222 Fighter Squadron at Hornchurch where it shot down or damaged four fighters in 3 weeks. Later in the war it saw further action with No. 349 Squadron. The personal aircraft of Henry Lardner-Burke (an 8 kill ace) it flew 74 missions and in total destroyed 5 German fighters. Seeing further combat after the war with the Dutch Air Force in Indonesia, MH 434 served with the Belgian Air Force before coming to the United Kingdom in 1963. Once in the UK it was used in the making of the Battle of Britain film and also A Bridge Too Far. More recently the aircraft has flown in Piece of Cake, Inspector Poirots Casebook, Land Girls and many other productions.This Spitfire is completely original, and has never been fully rebuilt. A delight to fly, the aircraft is beautifully responsive with lengendary manoeuvrability and extremely manoeuvrable. 

Now surplus to RNethAF requirements, in October 1953 she was handed over to the Belgian AF as SM-41, and flew with the Advanced Pilot School at Koksijde and with 13 Wing at Brustem. 
