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  2. Supermarine Spitfire - Wikipedia

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    Audio recording of Spitfire fly-past at the 2011 family day at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire Supermarine Spitfire G-AWGB landing at Biggin Hill Airport, June 2024. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only ...

  3. List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires - Wikipedia

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    The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force along with ... Found in a Scrap yard in South Africa in the 1980’s ...

  4. Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance ...

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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 ...

  5. Operation Velvetta - Wikipedia

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    Supermarine Spitfire purchased by Israel from Czechoslovakia at the Israeli Air Force Museum. Operation Velvetta (Hebrew: ולווטה; also known as Operation Alabama) was a 1948 Israeli Air Force operation to ferry Supermarine Spitfires purchased in Czechoslovakia to Israel. The fighter planes were purchased from Czechoslovakia at $23,000 per ...

  6. Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants) - Wikipedia

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    A more detailed explanation can be found in Supermarine Spitfire. The main Castle Bromwich factory was also aided by a smaller number of the shadow factories. [62] As the first of the Mk IXs were converted from Mk Vcs the first true production Mk IX is listed by serial Number.

  7. List of Supermarine Spitfire topics - Wikipedia

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    Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants) Supermarine Seafire; Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054;

  8. List of Supermarine Spitfire operators - Wikipedia

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    Belgian Spitfire exhibited in Royal Military Museum in Brussels Belgian Air Force. No. 349 Squadron RAF 1943–1945 1945–46; No. 350 Squadron RAF 1941–1946; After the war, Spitfires FR.14 variants were supplied to the Belgian Air Force and flew with Nos. 349 and 350 Squadrons of the 1st Wing at Beauvechain, Nos 1, 2, and 3 Squadrons of the 2nd Wing at Florennes, Nos 23, 27 and 31 Squadrons ...

  9. Supermarine - Wikipedia

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    Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II.It also built a range of seaplanes and flying boats, winning the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes with three wins in a row in 1927, 1929 and 1931.