During the Battle of Britain, perhaps the most fraught moment in the UK’s history, the Spitfire performed admirably.

Among the 24 versions of the Spitfire produced, the most important were the MKV and MKIX, which accounted for half of the entire production. Vickers exported the aircraft in small numbers to ...

Supermarine's Spitfire is undoubtedly one of the iconic fighters of WWII, and continues to garner support from warbird ...

Supermarine Spitfire F. Mk. VIIc single seat, low wing monoplane high altitude fighter; ... Performance and handling were superb. The Mk.VII, the second high-altitude version developed, was used in ...

Supermarine Spitfire Jeff Ethell’s Pireps. Jeff Ethell January 1995. Get our newsletter! Get ... Regardless of the version, with either Rolls-Royce Merlin or Griffon power, ...

The Supermarine Spitfire was a popular single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Allied Forces during World War II, the only British fighter in production throughout the war. Check out LIFE.com for ...

Legendary test pilot Royal Navy Capt Eric "Winkle" Brown – who flew a record 487 types during his career – assessed multiple versions of the Spitfire, in addition to Supermarine's carrier ...

Vickers Supermarine's initial submission was not successful, but through a series of prototypes and improvements (one being the implementation of Rolls-Royce's PV-XII V12 engine), the soon-to-be ...

The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers ...

A Supermarine Spitfire F.Mk.VB of RAF 243 Squadron in flight. NASM Photo SI-81-1431A The legendary Supermarine Spitfire gave the British a fighter that could compete with Germany’s Messerschmitt ...

The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers ...