cancelled the order in favor of prioritizing the Spitfire for the RAF, and preferring to focus production on the Fairey Fulmar for the Royal Navy, though combat experience would show this two-seat ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

The Spitfire TR IX, pictured at Ardmore Airport ... factory in July 1943 as a Mark IX with a Merlin 61 engine. MH 367 saw ...