On this day in aviation history, March 5, 1936, the legendary Supermarine Spitfire took to the skies for the first time. The ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World ... to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle of Britain?

The most widely manufactured British aircraft of WWII was the Supermarine Spitfire. Over 20,000 units were produced during its operational lifespan. Spitfires were powered by a 1,030 or 2,035 ...

The RAF's iconic Supermarine Spitfires helped defeat Luftwaffe air attacks in 1940 in the Battle of Britain. They remain the most built British combat aircraft before or since World War II ...

An exterior view of St George's, the chapel at RAF Biggin Hill. A Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane stand guard outside. (IWM RAF-T 6209) The development of the Spitfire aeroplane during ...

there was concern that Supermarine would be unable to build enough Spitfires for both the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm, and so the former took priority over the latter. When World War II ...