A Supermarine Spitfire Mk. 1 in flight from Eastleigh Aerodrome ... their aging bi-plane Gloster Gauntlet fighters, making the 19 and 66 Squadrons the first operational Spitfire units in the ...

The Supermarine Spitfire was a popular single ... Check out LIFE.com for classic photos from the Second World War. A Spitfire LF Mk IX, seen flying in 2005. A British official told SkyNews ...

The Rolls-Royce Spitfire, PS853, is an unarmed, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, one of a batch of 79 Mk XIXs built at Supermarine, Southampton. The Mk XIX was powered by the 2,050 hp ...

This installment of Randy's Warbird Profiles takes a look at the Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXe SL633 ... via Algeria to Britain and on September 19, 1940, became a member of the 312 (Czechoslovak ...

April 22, 2025, marked an extraordinary milestone in aviation history, as the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I P9372 took to the skies for the first time since it was shot down during the Battle of ...

The island country also developed some truly iconic fighter planes, with the Supermarine Spitfire perhaps being ... while the PR Mark 19 was an unarmed recon vehicle. Though twice as many Hawker ...

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 ...

Tuck, flying a Supermarine Spitfire, gave chase ... He pulled the trigger and sent a short burst from his eight .303 Browning Mk II machineguns into the German fighter, causing it to crash.

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British fighter aircraft used by the RAF and many other Allied countries during World War Two. It was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft and ...

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British fighter aircraft used by the RAF and many other Allied countries during World War Two. It was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft and ...