Since launching this series, a lot of people have asked the publisher if he were going to include the Spitfire Mk.II. Unfortunately, although he could probably have scraped enough images together, not a lot happened with the Mk.II in terms of development, so it would have been a pretty dull book! It then occurred to the publisher that his very first book on the Spitfire Mk.I only covered up to the end of the Battle of Britain, so maybe they could revisit the Mk.I as well in a new Mk.II book, but with more emphasis on the late 1940/early 1941 period.
Also at this time, the old friend Richard Alexander was deep into researching early Spitfires for his superb Kotare model kit range, so they asked him if he’d consider producing a ‘Spitfire Mk.I/II Special’ to feature all the new Mk.I information that he had unearthed whilst covering the Mk.II in their usual style.
Also included as an extra treat in this SPECIAL’ are port and starboard profile side views with undercarriage down to show the colours of the doors and the wheel wells, many thanks to Kotare’s profile artist Ronny Bar for doing these specials for us.
With approx 120 photos (some of them new!) and 6 colour profiles.

Author(s): Richard Alexander
Publisher: Wingleader
Pages: 72
Language: English
Edition: 1
Year of publication: 2023
Dimensions: 21 x 29,7 cm (landscape format)
Binding: Softcover
Weight: 0.30 kg