RAF-02 Supermarine Spitfire MK.IXe MK392, w/Commander J. E. Johnson, No.144 Wing, March 1944 K&C Life of Jesus and the United Kingdom

and the United Kingdom

in the words of Reichsfuhrer SS Himmler

After firing his last round this private soldier rapidly reloads

Gavrilo Princip

RAF-02 Supermarine Spitfire MK.IXe MK392, w/Commander J. E. Johnson, No.144 Wing, March 1944 K&C Life of Jesus and the United KingdomRAF 02 John Jenkins Designs The Spitfire IXe was a development of the standard Spitfire IX that inverted the position of the 20mm cannons and replaced the outboard . 30 caliber machine guns with . 50 caliber weapons in the wing position formerly occupied by the cannons. While the IXe wing entered production in the Spring of 1944, many Spitfires thought to be examples of this sub type are actually earlier Spitfires, with a field modification to change