The Supermarine Spitfire, an operational history by Christopher Whitehead. To honour the 60th anniversary of the first flight of the Spitfire, perhaps one of the most famous fighter aircraft of all time, we present Spitfire is 60 , an operational history of this famous marque. The history covers the period from delivery of the first operational Mk I Spitfire to the RAF in 1938, through its ...

Supermarine Spitfire Great Britain SPITFIRE MKI 14 Sqd RAF, (First Skirmish of Battle Of Britain) Flt Lt. Adolf Malan. On the morning of July 10th 1940 a convoy codenamed 'Bread' was detected by a reconnaissance Dornier Do17P of 4(F)1 21 when rounding the North Foreland in Kent. Six Spitfires of No.74 Sqn (Hornchurch) intercepted but were outnumbered by more than 20 Bf 109s of I/JG 51. Despite ...

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Supermarine Spitfire, history, designer, performance data, technical data, Spitfire Marks, Aviation links, ...