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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. 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. List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires - Wikipedia

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    The markings replicate the ones it wore whilst serving with 'A Flight', 72 Squadron in 1939. This is the oldest Spitfire still in existence, being the 155th Spitfire built. [200] Spitfire F Mk.Ia P9444. On display at the Science Museum London wearing 72 (Basutoland) Squadron markings [201] as RN-D with whom it served in 1940 [202] Spitfire F Mk ...

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

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    Media related to Supermarine Spitfire Mark 22 at Wikimedia Commons. Spitfire F.22 of No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron in 1949. The Mk 22 was identical to the Mk 21 in all respects except for the cut-back rear fuselage, with the tear-drop canopy, and a more powerful 24 volt electrical system in place of the 12 volt system of all earlier ...

  6. 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.

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

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    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]

  8. Jeffrey Quill - Wikipedia

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    Jeffrey Quill's long association with the Spitfire began when, aged 23, he made his first flight in the prototype fighter K5054 on 26 March 1936 – Mutt Summers having made the maiden flight three weeks earlier – and his priority was to get the Spitfire cleared for acceptance by the RAF.

  9. List of Supermarine Spitfire topics - Wikipedia

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