The Speed Spitfire’s Racing Merlin led to the development of the Merlin III
The Speed Spitfire The “Speed Spitfire” was designed to break the world speed record shortly before World War II broke out. It started as a standard Spitfire Mk I, K9834,…
The Speed Spitfire The “Speed Spitfire” was designed to break the world speed record shortly before World War II broke out. It started as a standard Spitfire Mk I, K9834,…
No Spitfires were lost, however, Plt. Off. A. S. Yates’ fighter had to crash-land due to damage, while Sgt. George Beurling’s aircraft had a large hole in it when he…
It was not uncommon for airmen to strike or become hooked on their aircraft during the Second World War It was not uncommon for airmen to strike or become hooked…
Compared to the Merlin version, Spitfire’s performance with the DB 605 was excellent Among British aircraft, the Supermarine Spitfire is arguably the most well-known. The aim to provide higher performance…
“We did find that the piston-engined fighter presented a very poor target to infra-red homing missiles, especially from the rear aspect,” Wing Commander John Nicholls, former Lighting Pilot. The interesting…
The RAF discovered that, in the hands of a skilled pilot, the Ar 196 might prove to be an unexpectedly lethal adversary The Arado Ar 196 may have been the…
In September 1941, the Fw 190 entered combat over northwest France and quickly established its dominance over the Mark V Spitfire, Britain’s greatest fighter at the time One of Germany’s…
There are multiple reports of the aerial combats between American and Soviet aircraft on May 8 and thereafter. After Adolf Hitler died by suicide on April 30, 1945, the Third…
‘Fighter pilots of every nationality thought the Spitfire Mk IX was the best close-in fighter of them all,’ AVM ‘Johnnie’ Johnson. The following article contains excerpts from Adam Lunney’s book…
What distinguishes a Seafire from a “Hooked Spitfire”—a Spitfire that has been modified to include an arrestor hook—many of which were flown by the Fleet Air Arm? The front-line Fleet…