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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 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]

  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. List of fireships of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    One ship, HMY Suadadoes built in 1670 for Catherine of Braganza-Charles II wife as yacht, had an approximate tonnage of 86 tons. It was more than doubled to 188 tons when rebuilt in 1674, becoming HMS Soldado a sixth-rate of 16 guns, used as a fireship in the Battle of Bantry Bay in May 1689.

  6. 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.

  7. HMS Spitfire (1912) - Wikipedia

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    Spitfire evaded an attempt by Nassau to ram her, but the two ships nevertheless collided and Spitfire was seriously damaged, blast from Nassau ' s guns demolishing much of her upperworks, but she ripped off a 20 feet (6.1 m) section of the German ship's side plating. Both ships survived to return to port. [2]

  8. Supermarine Seafire - Wikipedia

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    It was analogous in concept to the Hawker Sea Hurricane, a navalised version of the Spitfire's stablemate, the Hawker Hurricane. The name Seafire was derived from the contraction of the full name of Sea Spitfire. [2] A carrier-capable version of the Supermarine Spitfire had been proposed by the Admiralty in May 1938.

  9. Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...