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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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants) - Wikipedia

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    The first test of the aircraft was in intercepting V1 flying bombs and the Mk XIV was the most successful of all Spitfire marks in this role. When 150 octane fuel was introduced in mid-1944 the "boost" of the Griffon engine was able to be increased to +25 lbs (80.7"), allowing the top speed to be increased by about 30 mph (26 kn; 48 km/h) to ...

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

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    Spitfire/Seafire Serial Numbers, production contracts and aircraft histories; Warbird Alley: Spitfire page – Information about Spitfires still flying today; K5054 – Supermarine Type 300 prototype Spitfire & production aircraft history; The Spitfire: Seventy Years On – Includes images of the factory Archived 25 September 2006 at the ...

  6. British RAF pilot dies after World War II era Spitfire crashes

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    A Royal Air Force pilot died in a “tragic accident” near the station in Coningsby, the RAF announced on Saturday.

  7. List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires - Wikipedia

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    A Supermarine Spitfire aircraft landing at Biggin Hill airport in June. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force along with many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War and afterwards into the 1950s as both a front-line fighter and also in secondary roles.

  8. Supermarine Spitfire operational history - Wikipedia

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    November 1942 photo of a very early Mk IXb of 306 (Polish) ToruĊ„ski 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]

  9. R. J. Mitchell - Wikipedia

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    Reginald Joseph Mitchell CBE FRAeS (20 May 1895 – 11 June 1937) was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1916 until 1936. He is best known for designing racing seaplanes such as the Supermarine S.6B , and for leading the team that designed the Supermarine Spitfire .