Supermarine meanwhile improved on the Type 224’s monowing concept and, in 1935, submitted to the Air Ministry the design that would eventually take the name Spitfire.

Supermarine meanwhile improved on the Type 224’s monowing concept and, in 1935, submitted to the Air Ministry the design that would eventually take the name Spitfire.

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 ...