.jpg) Spitfire MH434 at the Shuttleworth Collection Season Premiere Airshow 2018 Image by Airwolfhound, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 |
The SpitfiresSupermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire British single-seat WWII fighter aircraft "Spitfire" redirects here. For other uses, see Spitfire (disambiguation). The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war. The Spitfire was a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works, which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong from 1928. Mitchell modified the Spitfire's distinctive elliptical wing (designed by Beverley Shenstone) with innovative sunken rivets to have the thinnest possible cross-section, achieving a potential top speed greater than that of several contemporary fighter aircraft, including… (Source: Wikipedia)
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