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Spitfire LF Mk Vb of 316 (Polish) "Warszawski" Squadron. This Spitfire has the "cropped" Merlin 45 series engine and the "clipped" wings. The British Supermarine Spitfire was one of the most popular fighter aircraft of the Second World War. The basic airframe proved to be extremely adaptable, capable of taking far more powerful engines and far ...
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."
Supermarine Spitfire variants powered by early model Rolls-Royce Merlin engines mostly utilised single-speed, single-stage superchargers. The British Supermarine Spitfire was the only Allied fighter aircraft of the Second World War to fight in front line service from the beginnings of the conflict, in September 1939, through to the end in ...
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
Spitfire LF Mk IX MH434 of Duxford's Old Flying Machine Company.. The British Supermarine Spitfire was facing several challenges by mid-1942. The debut of the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in late 1941 had caused problems for RAF fighter squadrons flying the latest Spitfire Mk Vb. [2]
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Bristol's design was one airframe offered with three alternative engines. In 1938 Supermarine submitted brochures describing the Type 324 (under the company specification No.458) along with the Type 325. Both were compact twin-engine designs - one tractor and one pusher - with either Rolls-Royce Merlin or Bristol Taurus engines.
The Spitfire's performance improved greatly as WWII progressed; for more information, see Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance and armament. Data from Spitfire: The History and Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. [207] [208] General characteristics. Crew: 1; Length: 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m) Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)