S-89 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXE .

The S-89 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mark IXE fighter plane assigned to the former Czechoslovak Nos 310-313 Sqns bearing the „Day Fighter Scheme“ of the British camouflage pattern ie.irregular strips of Ocean Grey and Dark Green on the upper surfaces and Medium Sea Grey on the lower ones.The fighter pool of the Czechoslovak Air Force comprised 68 brand new Spitfires LF Mk IX E, 24 USSR-made La 5 FN as well as 54 La 7 types aircraft on July 11, 1946.

S-89 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXE, where the "LF “ stands for "low flying'. All-metal construction machines reached the top speed of 646km.p.h., range 690 km and service ceiling 12 900 metres. Powered by a 1580 Rolls Royce Merlin 66 engine, empty weight 2630 kg. Armament consisted of two 20 mm-cal cannons and two 0.5 machine guns. Span 9.93, length 9.54 m. Acrobatics performed by a former No 312 Sqn`s fighter pilot Karel Posta in his all-in-silver machine was a high mark of each post-war Air Show – eg on September 15, 1946 and September 7, 1947.

S-89 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXE were bought in the number exceeding 70 machines on the V-E Day by the Czechoslovak Government. 54 of them landed on the Prague Ruzyne Airport on August 13, 1945. The top quality of the Cz AF fighter pool was formed by this type.After the Febr 25, 1948 Communist Coup these machines were discharged and replaced by the S-199 fighter planes of lower quality. 59 airworthy Spitfires were sold to Israel which declared independence on May 14, 1948. Fighters had been in demand there as soon as possible and that reason for also 25 S-199 were bought by the Israelis. 

S-89 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXEs of the former Czechoslovak Nos 310, 312-313 Sqns were assigned to Nos 1-3 Air Divisions set up on October 28, 1945. During the 1947 year most S-89s were handed over to the Military Air Academy and the Fighter Training Center. Flying the Spits, the total amount of 27 mishaps occured claiming lives of : F/O Josef Sokol on June 17, 1946, S/Ldr František Truhlar near his native village on December 3, 1946, F/O Vaclav Truhlar on October 10, 1947, a pilot pupil Zdenek Sticha on Oct 31, 1947 and W/O Richard Nergr on December 2, 1947. F/Lt Vladimír Kopecek was severely wounded on September 26, 1946.

B-36 De Havilland Mosquito F. B. Mk VI , where the letters F.B. stand for Fast Bomber. This version was powered by two Merlin 25 engines of 1203 hp each driving three-blade composite fully articulated propellers and achieved the top speed of 610 km.p.h The B-36s of the Czechoslovak Air Force were used as a bomber, heavy fighter as well as a ground attack aircraft. Four 20mm-cal cannons were later replaced for MG 151 of German origin.Except one all-silver CO`s machine and two bright yellow training ones all the others B-36s bore the standard camouflage pattern of the RAF – irregular strips of Ocean Grey and Dark Green on the upper surfaces and the same shade of Grey on the lower ones.