This repaint, made for the FlyingIron Simulations Spitfire Mk.IXc, provides four different depictions of the restored Spitfire Mk.IX RR232 as it has looked since its first post-restoration test flight in December 2012. These depictions include:

- 'Factory', as it looked following restoration, void of all but original factory-applied markings.
- 'City of Exeter', as it looked when the City of Exeter name and crest were applied from 2016 onward.
- '611 Squadron', at it looked when it briefly wore FY-F fuselage codes for a John Dibbs photo shoot in the fall of 2016.
- 'Invasion Stripes', as it has looked since 2019 with full D-Day invasion stripes applied to the fuselage and wings.

Spitfire RR232 was built in 1944 as a "high altitude fighter" HF Mk.IX, fitted with a Merlin 70 engine, by the Vickers Armstrong Castle Bromwich Aeroplane Factory, located near Birmingham, UK. It was first delivered to RAF No 45 Maintenance Unit in October 1944 and was later allocated to an anti-aircraft co-operation squadron. After World War Two it was sold to the South African Air Force (SAAF) in 1948 and was assigned the serial no. '5632'. It was last flown by Lt. Ron Beamish of SAAF No 2 Squadron when it was involved in a ground loop at Ysterplaat Air Base in 1954, and the airframe was soon sold as scrap to the South African Metal & Machinery Co. at Salt River in Cape Town. In 1968, Larry Barnett and Alan Lurie of Johannesburg recovered the now derelict fuselage of RR232, and used the tail section in the rebuild of Spitfire MA793 at Benoni Airport. In 1976, Australian collector Peter Sledge acquired the fuselage of RR232 and, using the wings from ex-Thai Air Force Spitfire Mk.XIV RM873 and the tail section from ex-RAAF crash-recovered Spitfire Mk.VIII JG432, it was restored to static display condition.

RR232 made it back to Britain in 1986 when it was acquired by Charles Church. At Micheldever, England, the Mk.XIV wings that RR232 had been restored with were transferred to Charles Church's restoration of Spitfire Mk.XIV MV262 (a project that still has yet to be completed, owned and stored with Kermit Weeks for many years). With the fuselage of RR232 having been placed into storage, it was later sold to Jim Pearce of Sussex Spraying Services in 1989.

In 2000, current owner Martin Phillips, of Exeter, purchased the fuselage of RR232 and set about restoring the Spitfire to flight over the next twelve years, having been challenged the year prior by friends on his 40th birthday to produce a Spitfire from the single rivet they had gifted him. The restoration of the fuselage originally started at Newton St. Cyres in 2000, before moving to Airframe Assemblies for completion to airworthy in 2002. With the fuselage arriving back in Exeter in 2005, it was later combined with one rebuilt wing sourced from Airframe Assemblies, another wing which had been recovered from the backyard garden of a house in Exeter, and a remanufactured tailplane. Through years of collecting, Martin Phillips was able to acquire many original parts from around the globe, and it is believed that at least 70% of the restored airframe is of original 1940s manufacture. The project was moved to the Bristol Filton Airport in 2011 for final assembly and its first post-restoration test flight took place on December 18, 2012.

Since 2016, RR232 has been known as the 'City of Exeter' in honor of a presentation Spitfire donated to the war effort as a result of local fundraising. That aircraft was presented to the Royal Air Force at RAF Westhampnett, which today is known as Goodwood Aerodrome. Today, RR232 operates from the very same grass runways at Goodwood, as part of the Spitfires.com fleet.

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Spitfire Mk.IX RR232 "City of Exeter" G-BRSF (Four Versions)

Repaint of the historic Spitfire Mk.IX RR232, featuring four different versions depicting its evolution since restoration: Factory, City of Exeter, 611 Squadron, and Invasion Stripes. Originally built in 1944, RR232 has a rich history, from serving in World War Two to being meticulously restored to airworthy condition in Exeter. Operated as part of the Spitfires.com fleet, this add-on offers a glimpse into the iconic aircrafts storied past.

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