[Davew]

Cool, why make spitfire pilots suffer through the reality that was the SpitV against the FW190A-3 and the fully rated FW190A-4! :lol:

Let's pretend there were plenty of IX flying around the whole time just so the Spitty fans don't get their feelings hurt :lol:

Ahhh...the glorious spring/summer of 1942...the skies full of Spitfire IX...oh the mammories.

Perhaps, rather than being sarcastic, check your timelines first.
The 190A4 entered service the same month as the MKIX did with 64 Sqn, July 1942. Interestingly, I believe that the A3 only entered service in about March 1942, so there were only about 4 months where the A3 held total sway. And only for three of those was the RAF conducting offensive sweeps over France.

Granted, the MKV was still present as a low level attack aircraft in 1944 (not in the interceptor role), but not in large numbers, and production had been stopped in '42.

So the sky was just as full of the MKIX as it was of the A4, probably moreso, given that the IX was the sole Spit on the lines at the time and the urgency given to getting it into service.

And Mammaries are breasts.