Russian and Egyptian Air Forces

	The two seat Spitfires used by the Red Air Force were not supplied as such by the RAF.
The Russian MKIX UTI Spitfires were converted "in the field". Therefore they did not conform 
to the twenty built by Vickers Supermarine to Type 509 after the war. The new second cockpit
was positioned imediately behind the standard cockpit position. Thus these aircraft retained
the full size fuselage fuel tanks. These aircraft were fitted with clipped and standard 
wing tips, with cannon and without. It is unkown how many were converted but as many as 
one for each 40-aircraft regiment is possilbe. They were used as fighter trainers and 
communication aircraft.

	Only one dual trainer Spitfire was sent to the Egyptian Air Force. Little is known
about this aircraft. The British civil registration was G-ALJM with the "B" class as G-15-92.
The Egyptian Air Force serial number was 684. As to which airframe it was, it remains unkown
due to the lack of records from both the EAF and the IAF.