Detail references for mid- and late-war Spitfires (Mk. IX and higher)
by Charles Metz

Aero Staff/ Maloney: 'Supermarine Spitfire' (Aero series, No. 10; Aero [USA], 1966; [pages not numbered]; approximate value US$12 [out of print]) -- Spitfire IX right cockpit console, engine bay

Alcorn, Lee, Cooke: 'Scratch Built!' (Schiffer [USA], 1993; 122 pages; US$25) -- Spitfire XIV engine bay (p. 68)

Bentley et al.: 'Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 1' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [USA], 1988; 96 pages; approximate value US$17 [availability unknown]) [published originally in the UK by Argus Books] -- Spitfire IX & Spitfire XVI multi-view drawings (p. 49-52); Spitfire XII, Spitfire XIV & Spitfire XVII multi-view drawings (p. 75-82)

Bentley et al.: 'Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 2' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [USA], 1988; 96 pages; approximate value US$17 [availability unknown]) [published originally in the UK by Argus Books] -- Spitfire 21 & Spitfire 22 multi-view drawings (p. 80-83)

Bingham: 'Merlin Power' (Airlife [UK], 1998; 176 pages; US$34.95) -- Spitfire IX cutaway drawing (p. 134), engine bay (p. 21)

Bracken: 'Spitfire: The Canadians' (Stoddart / Boston Mills Press [Canada], 1995; 160 pages; US$32) -- Spitfire [version?] cockpit door (p. 12, 40, 52, 105); Spitfire IXc multi-view drawings (p. 157); Spitfire FR.XIVe multi-view drawings (p. 158); Spitfire LF.XVIe multi-view drawings (p. 159); Spitfire 24 engine bay (p. 151)

De Cock, Van Damme, Kit: 'Avions de Chasse de la Derniere Guerre' (Editions Atlas [France], 1979; in French; 144 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- Spitfire IX cockpit detail (p. 130), miscellaneous other detail (p. 118-132)

Delve: 'D-Day: The Air Battle' (Arms and Armour Press [UK], 1994; 144 pages; US$17.95) -- Spitfire IX cowl panels (p. 65), ventral bomb rack (p. 13)

Dibbs, Holmes: 'Spitfire: Flying Legend' (Osprey [UK], 1996; 192 pages; US$34.95) -- miscellaneous details of Spitfire VIII (p. 70, 71, 73-75), Spitfire IX (p. 82-103, 106-110, 111-117), Spitfire PR.XI (p. 120, 122-129), Spitfire XIV (p. 138-150), Spitfire XVI (p. 156-165, 167) and Spitfire XVIII (p. 170-173, 176)

Green, Swanborough: 'RAF Fighters, Part 3' (WW2 Aircraft Fact Files series [unnumbered]; Jane's [UK], 1981; 60 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- Spitfire 21 cutaway drawing (p. 34, 35)

Hooton: 'Spitfire Special' (Ian Allan Special series [unnumbered]; Ian Allan [UK], 1972; 63 pages; approximate value US$18 [out of print]) -- Spitfire PR.XIX ventral camera ports & underside detail (p. 48); Spitfire 21 cockpit detail (p. 31)

Jarrett (ed.): 'Aircraft of the Second World War: The Development of the Warplane 1939-49' (Putnam's History of Aircraft series [unnumbered]; Putnam [UK], 1997; 304 pages; US$48.95) -- Spitfire XIV engine bay (p. 61)

Laird, Mackenzie: 'Spitfire -- Spitfire IX nose, propeller & spinner (p. 39); Spitfire PR.X canopy (p. 25); Spitfire VIII multi-view drawings (p. 24, 25); Spitfire PR.XI camera installations (p. 7), nose (p. 4); Spitfire XIV multi-view drawings (p. 24)

March (ed.): 'British Warplanes of World War II' (Aerospace / AIRtime [USA], 1998; 256 pages; US$34.95) -- Spitfire IX cutaway drawing (p. 216, 217)

Matusiak: 'Supermarine Spitfire, cz. 2 (part 2)' (Monografie Lotnicze series, No. 39; AJ Press [Poland], 1998; in Polish; 70 pages; US$15.95) -- Spitfire IX cockpit detail (p. 18), engine bay (p. 35); Spitfire PR.XI exhaust (p. 33), multi-view drawings (p. 64); Spitfire XII cockpit detail (back cover), tail (p. 26), undersurfaces (p. 22); Spitfire XIV bubble canopy & windscreen (p. 19), multi-view drawings (p. 49-51), nose (p. 37), tail (p. 27); Spitfire PR.XIX [Spitfire PR.19] canopy & windscreen (p. 18), exhaust (p. 37), tail (p. 27); Spitfire 21 [Spifire 22, Spifire 24] flaps (p. 25), radiator (p. 39), wing (p. 24, 25); Spitfire 22 [Spitfire 24] bubble canopy & windscreen (p. 19), engine bay (p. 36), landing gear (p. 30), tail (p. 27, 28)

Morgan, Shacklady: 'Spitfire: The History' (Key Publishing [UK], 1987; 634 pages; US$75) -- Spitfire IX cockpit detail (p. 311, 312); Spitfire XIV cockpit detail (p. 424), cutaway drawing (p. 419); Spitfire PR.XIX camera installation (p. 460), cockpit detail (p. 456, 460), cutaway drawing (p. 456); Spitfire 21 cockpit detail (p. 467); various Spitfire multi-view drawings; COMMENTS: Lists all Spitfire serial numbers. This is the definitive book on Spitfires of all marques

Moss, McKee: 'Spitfires and Polished Metal: Restoring the Classic Fighter' (MBI [USA], 1999; 144 pages; US$24.95) -- Spitfire IX carburetor [carburettor] intake (p. 36), cutaway drawing (p. 44), engine bay (p. 34, 35, 79), engine bearers (p. 73), fuselage structure (p. 44, 48), nose (p. 37, 38), tail (p. 44); Spitfire XIV engine bay (p. 26, 86, 118), propeller (p. 89, 119); Spitfire XVI bubble canopy (p. 69), engine (p. 70, 71), engine bay (p. 10, 34, 74-78), tail (p. 11, 42, 43), wheelwell detail (p. 57, 58, 61), wing-cannon blister (p. 63), wing structure (p. 55-57); Spitfire XVIII cockpit detail (p. 68), engine bay (p. 73, 86-88, 90), firewall (p. 83, 84), fuselage structure (p. 45, 46, 49, 82, 83), landing gear (p. 84, 85), nose (p. 81, 91), propeller (p. 89, 91), wing structure (p. 55, 56); Spitfire PR.XIX nose (p. 28); COMMENT: Includes lists of surviving Spitfires (p. 121-140), surviving Seafires (p. 140-142), Merlin engine variants (p. 143) and Griffon engine variants (p. 143)

Moss: 'Supermarine Spitfire' (Ducimus Classic series [unnumbered]; Ducimus [UK], 1970; 72 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- various Spitfire wings & exhausts (p. 39); Spitfire PR.XI camera ports (p.66); COMMENT: Lists production-block serial numbers

Neil: 'From the Cockpit: Spitfire' (Ian Allan [UK], 1990; 80 pages; approximate value US$15 [availability unknown]) -- miscellaneous Spitfire IX detail

Pentland: 'RAAF Camouflage & Markings 1939-45, Vol 2' (RAAF Camouflage & Markings series, No. 2; Kookaburra Technical Publications [Australia], 1989; 144 pages; approximate value US$50 [out of print]) -- Spitfire VIII engine bay (p. 33)

Price: 'Late Mark Spitfire Aces 1942-45' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 5; Osprey [UK], 1995; 96 pages; US$15.95) -- AIRCRAFT TYPES INCLUDED: Spitfire VII, Spitfire VIII, Spitfire IX, Spitfire XII, Spitfire XIV; COCKPIT DETAIL: Spitfire IX (p. 70, 71); SPECIFIC MARKING PROFILES: Spitfire VII (p. 35, 41, 42), Spitfire VIII (p. 36, 38, 40, 45, 47-49), Spitfire IX (p. 34-38, 40-48), Spitfire XII (p. 39), Spitfire XIV (p. 34, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47)

Price: 'Spitfire Spyplanes' (Wings of Fame series [quarterly periodical], Vol. 5; Aerospace / AIRtime [USA], 1997; 160 pages; US$16) -- Spitfire PR.XI cockpit detail (p. 107), ventral cameras (p. 110)

Price: 'Spitfire: A Complete Fighting History' (At War series [unnumbered]; Promotional Reprint Company Ltd. [UK], 1991; 301 pages; US$17.99) -- AIRCRAFT TYPES INCLUDED: Spitfire, Seafire, Spiteful, Master (p. 150); COCKPIT DETAIL: Spitfire I (p. 22, 23, 36), Spitfire XI (p. 222); MISCELLANEOUS DETAIL: Spitfire armor [armour] (p. 101), bomb racks (p. 105, 126), camera installations (p. 60, 61, 133, 221, 229), flap interior (p. 19, 32, 57, 262), gun bays (p. 44), underwing rockets (p. 131), underwing rocket tubes (p. 128, 129); Spitfire 22 gun bays and engine bays (p. 248); Seafire 47 arresting hook [tail hook] (p. 257); SPECIFIC MARKING PROFILES: PHOTOS of yellow-nosed Spitfire I (p. 191), pink Spitfire PR.IG (p. 196, 197), Spitfire VC on USS WASP (p. 200, 201), Spitfire V floatplane (p. 232), Spitfire IX with Type-C upperwing roundels (p. 238, 239), pink Spitfire FR.IX (p. 231); COMMENT(s): Single-volume reprint of "Spitfire at War" and "Spitfire at War 2"

Price: 'Supermarine Spitfire -- Merilin-engined Variants' (Wings of Fame series [quarterly periodical], Vol. 9; Aerospace / AIRtime [USA], 1998; 160 pages; US$16) -- Spitfire IX cutaway drawing (p. 75. 76), underwing bomb rack & rocket (p. 78), Spitfire XVI engine bay (p. 77)

Price: 'Supermarine Spitfire, Part 2' (Wings of Fame series [quarterly periodical], Vol. 16; Aerospace / AIRtime [USA], 1999; 160 pages; US$16) -- Spitfire XIV, Spitfire XVIII & Spitfire PR.XIX engine [Rolls-Royce Griffon 65] (p. 76); Seafire 17 cutaway drawing (p. 75, 76)

Price: 'The Spitfire Story' (Jane's [UK], 1982; 256 pages; US$29.95) -- Spitfire IX cockpit detail (p. 159); Spitfire PR.XI undersurface & camera ports (p. 180); Spitfire XII undersurfaces (p. 189); Spitfire 21 cutaway drawing (p. 241)

Robertson: 'Spitfire -- The Story of a Famous Fighter' (Harleyford series [unnumbered]; Aero/ Harleyford [USA / UK], 1960; 216 pages; approximate value US$45 [out of print]) -- Spitfire PR.XI ventral camera ports (p. 90)

Robinson (ed.): 'Spitfire Special' (Quarter Scale Modeller series [unnumbered]; AIRgen [UK], 1997; 61 pages; US$16.95) -- Spitfire XII multi-view drawings (p. 54, 55); Spitfire PR.XI camera installation (p. 24), carburetor [carburettor] intake (p. 25); COMMENT: Includes lists of differences among Spitfire Mks. (p. 4), Spitfire wheel styles (p. 5), and 1/48 Spitfire kits, parts & decals (p. 2-4)

Scutts: 'Spitfire in Action' (Aircraft in Action series, No. 39; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1980; 58 pages; US$8.95) -- miscellaneous details of various Spitfire marques

Skulski: 'Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII, IX, XVI' (Pod Lupa series, No. 3; Ace Publication [Poland], 1996; in Polish; 34 pages; US$7.95) -- Spitfire IX bomb rack (p. 21), cockpit detail (p. 18, 25), cutaway drawing (p. 30), drop tanks (p. 21), engine bay (p. 7), landing gear (p. 15, 23, 25), multi-view drawings (p. 4, 5), tail (p. 28), wheels (p. 15, 25), wheelwell detail (p. 15); Spitfire XVI cockpit detail (p. 18), wheel (p. 15); CUTAWAY DRAWINGS: Spitfire IXC (p. 30)

Smallwood: 'Spitfire in Blue' (Osprey [UK], 1996; 158 pages; US$25) -- Spitfire PR.XI "blister" canopy (p. 109), camera installations (p. 20, 21, 39), cockpit detail (p. 37, 40), cutaway drawing (p. 18), engine [Merlin 66] (p. 132), engine bay (p. 112, 114, 116, 117, 133), multi-view drawings (p. 150, 151), tail wheel & well (p. 19), wheelwell detail (p. 19, 115), wing leading-edge tank (p. 16)

Smith: 'Spitfire Diary' (Eakin Press [USA], 1988; 238 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- Spitfire IX propeller & spinner (p. 128b-128d, 128o); Spitfire XVI underwing rockets (p. 128g)

Theiner, Patek: 'Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk. XIX' (MPM [Czech Republic], 1997[?]; in Czech and English; 37 pages; US$13.99) -- Spitfire PR.XIX [Spitfire PR.19] cameras (p. 34), camera port (p. 10), cockpit detail (p. 5, 10, 17, 31), cutaway drawing (insert), engine (p. 9), landing gear (p. 33), multi-view drawings (p. 11-16), radiator (p. 28), tailwheel (p. 20, 33, 35), wheel (p. 33), wheelwell detail (p. 20, 33)

van der Meer, Melchers: 'Dutch Spitfires: A Technical Study' (Repro Holland [Netherlands], 1988; in Dutch and English; 116 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- Spitfire IX canopy (p. 95, 98), carburetor [carburettor] intake (p. 96), cockpit detail (p. 90-93, 95), engine [Merlin 61] (p. 85-88) engine bay (p. 82, 83), exhausts (p. 102), landing gear (p. 98), propeller (p. 102), radiator fairing (p. 99), spinner (p. 102), tail (p. 96, 97), wheels [3- and 4-spoke] (p. 98, 99), wingtip navigation lights (p. 100); Spitfire IX two-seat trainer cockpit detail (p. 94); various Spitfire propellers (p. 22, 23, 102); multi-view drawings of Spitfire IX, Spitfire XVI, Spitfire PR.XI, Spitfire XIV and Merlin 61 engine

Winslade: 'The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight' (Osprey Colour Series series [unnumbered]; Osprey [UK], 1987; 128 pages; US$12.95) -- Spitfire PR.XIX engine bay (p. 97), wheelwell detail (p. 102)

Yofe: 'Spitfire -- Star of Israel' (Classic Warbirds series, No. 1; Ventura [New Zealand], 1996; 48 pages; US$15.95) -- Spitfire IX multi-view drawings (p. 44, 45); Spitfire FR.24 camera (p. 8)

------: 'Spitfire: Sixty Fabulous Years' (FlyPast Special series [unnumbered]; Key Publishing [UK], 1996; 82 pages; approximate value US$8 [out of print]) -- Spitfire XVI cockpit detail (p. 81)

------: 'Supermarine Spitfire' (Famous Airplanes of the World (2) series, No. 25; Bunrin-Do [Japan], 1990; in Japanese; 96 pages; US$8.95) -- Spitfire IX miscellaneous detail, including landing gear & radiators (p. 14, 15), wheelwell detail (p. 14); multi-view drawings of Spitfire XIV, Spitfire PR.XIX, Spitfire 22 and Spitfire 24; COMMENT: Second [current] 'Famous Airplanes of the World' series [black and red covers]

------: 'Supermarine Spitfire' (Model Art Special Issue series, No. 387; Model Art [Japan], 1992; in Japanese; 186 pages; US$35.95) -- Spitfire 21 cockpit detail (p. 159); Spitfire 24 wheelwell detail (p. 143)

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