As excavation of lost Spitfire aircraft in Burma has brought the famous warplane back into the British psyche, TM looks at the history of this iconic British aircraft.
Information courtesy of Imperial War Museum Duxford and Mike Quinn www.secondworldwar.org.uk/spitfire.html Over 22,000 Supermarine Spitfires were built and they played a crucial role in defending Britain in World War II. The Spitfire is one of the most famous aircraft ever built. Reginald J Mitchell, an engineer from Staffordshire, developed the aircraft in 1936, basing the design…
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