China

 
China asked to buy the Spitfire in 1939 but the outbreak of the Second World War circumvented this.
In 1949 the newly formed Communist Chinese Air Force was looking for modern fighter aircraft, especially P-51 Mustangs and Spitfires. However, the People's Republic of China avoided contact with the West at that time, and therefore the Chinese Government requested Spitfires from the Soviet Union, which had received more than 1,180 Spitfire Mk IX during WWII.
With the beginning of the jet fighter era the Spitfire lost its primary position in the Soviet Air Force and went to reserve units of the Red Air Force. Some Spitfire Mk IXs may possibly have been handed over to the Chinese Air Force but confirmation is lacking. The Chinese administration has not commented and what became of the Spitfires is open to speculation.
 
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14 December 2007