Certainly, after WWII, RAF didn't need that many aircraft anymore. Thus, 136 Spitfire MK IXs were sold to South African Air Force in 1948, and TD134, the bird you see here, was among them.

The BBMF’s Spitfires Mk II, V and XVI, and its pair of Hawker Hurricane Mk IIcs, were temporarily grounded and investigations carried out following the loss of Spitfire Mk IX MK356 and its pilot ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from DCS World: Spitfire LF Mk IX The British Spitfire is one of the most iconic fighter aircraft of World War II. Most famous for its role in the Battle of ...

The Spitfire, an iconic British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in World War II, is taking to the skies once again, marking 75 years since the D-Day invasions.

It is in the rear cockpit of MJ627, a combat veteran Mk IX Spitfire built in 1943, that I am sitting as we fly through the perfect blue of an autumn sky over southern England.

Chocks away! Robert tries out the Spitfire Mk IX's snug cockpit All you need is several thousand pounds, a private pilot's licence and a proud sense of history.