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On 22 May 1948, over Israel, a unique incident took place in the Spitfire's operational history when three Spitfire users came into conflict. [200] On this date, five Egyptian Mk IXs attacked, by mistake, the RAF base at Ramat David, shared by 32 and 208 Squadrons. They destroyed a number of Mk XVIIIs on the ground, but the surviving Spitfires ...
The operational history of the Spitfire with the RAF began with the first Mk Is K9789, which entered service with 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford on 4 August 1938. [ 31 ] [ nb 12 ] The Spitfire achieved legendary status during the Battle of Britain, a reputation aided by the "Spitfire Fund" organised and run by Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister of ...
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Spitfire 944; Supermarine Speed Spitfire; Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire operational history; Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054; Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance and armament
The Spitfire was also adopted for service on aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy; in this role they were renamed Supermarine Seafire. Although the first version of the Seafire, the Seafire Ib, was a straight adaptation of the Spitfire Vb, successive variants incorporated much needed strengthening of the basic structure of the airframe and ...
The Rolls-Royce Griffon engine was designed in answer to Royal Navy specifications for an engine capable of generating good power at low altitudes. Concepts for adapting the Spitfire to take the new engine had begun as far back as October 1939; Joseph Smith felt that "The good big 'un will eventually beat the good little 'un."
Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe SM845 at RAF Leuchars Airshow, 2008. Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe SM845 (G-BUOS). Based in Germany with MeierMotors. This Spitfire was built in May 1945 and delivered to Karachi as part of the South East Asia Command. In the 1970s, it was brought back to the UK for an airworthy restoration with Historic Flying Limited.
Data from Supermarine Aircraft General characteristics Length: 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) Wingspan: 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Wing area: 122 sq ft (11.3 m 2) Empty weight: 992 lb (450 kg) Gross weight: 1,785 lb (810 kg) Powerplant: 1 × General Motors-Isuzu V-6 liquid-cooled piston engine, 226 hp (169 kW) Propellers: 3-bladed Ivoprop composite propeller Performance Maximum speed ...