The Mk Vb Spitfire, AB910, escorted convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic, flew escort patrols during bombing raids on Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, then ( as part of No. 133 squadron ) fought in the Dieppe Raid.

While the 224 was being built, Mitchell was authorised by Supermarine in 1933 to proceed with a new design, the Type 300, an all-metal monoplane that would become the Supermarine Spitfire.

The Convertiplano was built using the fuselage and wings of a Supermarine Spitfire Mk 15, which was believed to be one delivered to Argentina as a sales example.

Perhaps Eastleigh's most well known ' resident ' is the Spitfire aeroplane which was built in Southampton and first flown from Eastleigh Aerodrome ( now Southampton International Airport ).

The Merlin powered many World War II aircraft: the British Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, De Havilland Mosquito ( twin-engined ), Avro Lancaster ( 4-engine ); it also transformed the American P-51 Mustang into one of the best fighters of its time, its Merlin engine built by Packard under licence.

A replica Supermarine Spitfire built of traditional balsa / ply construction-a typical example of an almost ready to fly model

This Supermarine Spitfire | Spitfire Mk 2A, now owned by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, was built at Castle Bromwich

This was the largest Spitfire factory in the UK, building over half of the approximately 20, 000 built.

As of 1992, the open-top Albany, featuring a 1500cc Triumph Spitfire engine, was being built for export only.

This Spitfire P. R Mk XI ( PL965 ) was built at RAF Aldermaston

The GT6 was a 6-cylinder sports coupé built by Standard-Triumph and based on their popular Triumph Spitfire convertible.

During the Second World War, Castle Bromwich Assembly | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory was the largest Spitfire factory in the UK, producing a maximum of 320 aircraft per month, it built over half of the approximately 20, 000 aircraft of this type.

As the largest Spitfire factory in the UK, by producing a maximum of 320 aircraft per month, it built over half of the approximately 20, 000 aircraft of this type.

The building was built on the site in 1940 for Vickers Armstrong and manufactured Spitfire fighter aircraft during World War II.

The Mk LFIXe Spitfire, MK356, was built in March 1944 with clipped wings optimised for low level flight, and fitted with a Merlin 66 engine.

Although Orr flew many types and marks of aircraft, her favourite was the Spitfire, which she considered " the most beautiful plane ever built.

** Supermarine Seafire ( 1941 ) – single-seat carrier-based fighter version of the Spitfire

He starred in a number of Second World War films including 49th Parallel ( 1941 ), " Pimpernel " Smith ( 1941 ), and The First of the Few ( 1942, known in the U. S. as Spitfire ), the latter two of which he also directed and co-produced.

M & S staff raised £ 5, 000 money to pay for a Spitfire fighter called The Marksman in 1941.

Beurling flew his first ( uneventful ) combat mission, flying the Supermarine Spitfire on Christmas Day 1941.

On the morning of 21 June 1941, Galland's Bf 109 was damaged by a No. 303 Squadron Spitfire and trailing coolant, had to force land at Calais-Marck.

His 96th victim, a Spitfire was claimed on 18 November 1941.

A Spitfire IIa crashed at the east side of the airfield on 19 November 1941 during attack practise with a target glider being towed.

# Spitfire Parade ( 1941 )

His younger brother, Noel Agazarian, also joined the Royal Air Force but as a Spitfire pilot ; he went on to be a flying ace in the Battle of Britain before being killed in action on 16 May 1941.

Results of these operations through 1941 were decidedly mixed, as the short range of the Spitfire precluded an overly aggressive stance, and with just two experienced Jagdgeschwader units left in Western Europe ( JG 2 & JG 26 ; comprising 180 fighters at most ) targets were often few but dangerous.

As 1941 ended, the appearance of the new Fw 190, with its obvious technical superiority over the current Spitfire Mark V, would make Fighter Command's job that much harder in 1942.

Both civilian and military aircraft were subjects for the Dinky modellers, and the model of the Spitfire was also sold in a special presentation box between 1939 and 1941 as part of The Spitfire Fund in order to raise money for the production of real Spitfires.

In August the Spitfire Mk II replaced their Hurricanes, before quickly re-equipping with the latest Spitfire Mk V. The unit soon established a high reputation, and numerous air kill claims were made in RAF fighter sweeps over the continent during the summer and autumn of 1941.

* No. 610 Squadron between 29 August 1941 and 14 January 1942 with the Supermarine Spitfire IIA / VB before moving to RAF Hutton Cranswick.

It opened provisionally in May 1941, prior to completion of the works, as a RAF Fighter Command base where the primary weapon was the Supermarine Spitfire, and officially on 28 June of that same year.

In late January 1941, the squadron converted to the Supermarine Spitfire Mk I.

On 7 October 1941, the squadron returned to Northolt and re-equipped with the Spitfire Mk Vb.

Pilots of 54 Squadron, May 1941 gathered round a Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIA Rochford, Essex.

In 1941, the squadron moved south to RAF Tangmere where it was one of Douglas Bader's three Spitfire squadrons of the Tangmere wing.

After training on RAF aircraft, on 21 August 1941 he was posted to the Polish No. 303 Squadron, flying the Spitfire Mk. V.

Among Seletar ’ s claim to fame was that several classic aircraft type flew their last RAF Operational sorties from there including the Short Singapore flying boat ( Mk. III K6912 of No. 205 Squadron RAF 14 October 1941, aircraft transferred to No. 5 Squadron RNZAF ), Supermarine Spitfire ( PR. XIX PS888 of 81 Sqn 1954 ), De Havilland Mosquito ( PR. 34 RG314 of 81 Sqn 1955 ), Short Sunderland flying boat ( GR. 5 ML797 " P " of 205 Sqn, 15 May 1959 ) and Bristol Beaufighter ( TT. X RD761 Station Flight 1960 ).

The Spitfire Mk Is were exchanged for Spitfire Mk IIs on 1 June 1941.

* Spitfire MkXVIe TE288 is preserved at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum at Wigram, painted in the unit's colours to represent an aircraft operating inside Germany shortly prior to VE day, ( TE288 did not see active service.

PM631 was too late to see operational services in World War II and carried out civilian duties until 11 July 1957 when she became part of the Historic Aircraft Flight ; she is the longest serving aircraft in the BBMF and is currently painted to represent a 541 squadron Spitfire.

Polish Supermarine Spitfire | Spitfire Mk Vb from the 303 Kościuszko Squadron flown by S / Ldr Zumbach and showing the RF 303 Squadron codes and the individual aircraft letter D-or, when spoken, D-Dog

In 1942, now Flying Officer Żurakowski flew again with his countrymen on Spitfire IIs in No 315 Squadron rising to the post of Squadron Leader of No 316 Polish Fighter Squadron and Deputy Wing leader of Polish No 1 Fighter Wing stationed at RAF Northolt, often escorting USAAF bombers on daylight bombing raids.

* No. 40 Squadron SAAF: This fighter reconnaissance unit detached four pilots to Balkan Air Force on 9 December 1944, flying Spitfire V's on loan from No. 318 ( Polish ) Squadron.

On 31 December 1942 while flying a Spitfire Mk IX ( Serial No. EN128 ) he scored the 500th victory for the UK based Polish Air Force in the war and was later decorated by Polish President Władysław Raczkiewicz.