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The Spitfire was designed as a ... with dual-controls were a few Russian lend/lease Mk IX aircraft. ... modern jet-engined fighter to attack a piston-engined fighter ...
November 1942 photo of a very early Mk IXb of 306 (Polish) ToruĊski Squadron.. The Supermarine Spitfire, the only British fighter to be manufactured before, during and after the Second World War, was designed as a short-range fighter capable of defending Britain from bomber attack [1] and achieved legendary status fulfilling this role during the Battle of Britain. [2]
(in English) – Liu.se: online Russian Aviation Museum website + search-engine Archived 2006-05-24 at the Wayback Machine – images + descriptions for over 1,300 Soviet−Russian aircraft (Swedish database). (in Russian) – AirWar.ru website + database
Supermarine Spitfire: Inline V-12: Rolls-Royce 408 mph 434 mi 43,000 ft 4 2 Yakovlev Yak-1: Inline V-12: Klimov 348 mph 430 mi 32,500 ft 2 1 × 20mm Yakovlev Yak-3: Inline V-12: Klimov 401 mph 340 mi 34,100 ft 2 1 × 20mm Yakovlev Yak-7: Inline V-12: Klimov 308 mph 400 mi 31,200 ft 2 1 × 20mm Yakovlev Yak-9: Inline V-12: Klimov 371 mph 870 mi ...
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 wreckage was later exported to the United Kingdom, rebuilt as a high-back Spitfire, re-registered as G-PBIX and flew again in 2013 in No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron markings of 3W-P. [186] RW382 was repainted in 2020 as a Spitfire (WZ-RR) from 309th Fighter Squadron USAAF flown by Lieutenant Robert Conner in Italy 1944.
The Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council (AFIC) assigns [1] codenames for fighters and other military aircraft originating in, or operated by, the air forces of the former Warsaw Pact, including Russia, and the People's Republic of China.
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 ...