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    Supermarine Spitfire variants powered by early model Rolls-Royce Merlin engines mostly utilised single-speed, single-stage superchargers. The British...
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    development Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications...
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    performance and armament Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants) McKinstry 2007, pp. 257–258...
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    (230 kg) bomb under fuselage Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin powered variants) Military history of the...
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    The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World...
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    The British Supermarine Spitfire was one of the most popular fighter aircraft of the Second World War. The basic airframe proved to be extremely adaptable...
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    The Supermarine Spiteful was a British fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine during the Second World War as a successor to the Spitfire. Powered by...
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    The Supermarine Spitfire, the only British fighter to be manufactured before, during and after the Second World War, was designed as a short-range fighter...
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    Fairey Battle, Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. The Merlin remains most closely associated with the Spitfire and Hurricane, although the majority...
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  • the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered...
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    Spiteful, which was a development of Supermarine's Griffon-engined Spitfire aircraft. By that time the Spitfire was a 10-year-old design in a period of...
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    The Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire is an American homebuilt aircraft produced in kit form by Supermarine Aircraft. A replica of the famous British Supermarine...
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    Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II. It also built a range...
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  • The Speed Spitfire was a Supermarine Spitfire Mk I, re-engined and modified for an attempt on the world air speed record. It was already outdated when...
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  • The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force along with many other Allied countries throughout the Second...
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    R. J. Mitchell (category Supermarine Spitfire)
    the Supermarine S.6B, and for leading the team that designed the Supermarine Spitfire. Born in Butt Lane, Staffordshire, Mitchell attended Hanley High...
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  • This is a list of operators of the Supermarine Spitfire and Seafire. Royal Australian Air Force No. 79 Squadron RAAF 1943–1945 No. 85 Squadron RAAF 1943–1945...
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    from its design that were to contribute to his success with the Supermarine Spitfire. Air Ministry Specification F.7/30, which developed from O.R.1, was...
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    The Supermarine Spitfire was developed in the mid-1930s as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by chief designer R. J. Mitchell. Only...
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  • Joseph Smith (aircraft designer) (category Supermarine Spitfire)
    Designer for Supermarine upon the death of R. J. Mitchell and led the team responsible for the subsequent development of the Supermarine Spitfire. Joseph Smith...
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    development of both the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft and the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine that powered it. Neither Mitchell nor Supermarine would produce...
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  • Although, by this time, production of the Spitfire had started to increase, a prototype of a Merlin XX-powered Hurricane Mk I was built and first flew on...
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    This is a list of Rolls-Royce Merlin variants. Engines of a similar power output were typically assigned different model numbers based on supercharger...
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    could be adapted for use in the Spitfire. Development was stopped temporarily to concentrate efforts on the smaller Merlin and the 24-cylinder Vulture; the...
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    Curtiss-Electric propeller). The Mk I was 30 mph (48 km/h) faster than the Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc at 5,000 ft (1,500 m) and 35 mph (56 km/h) faster at 15,000 ft...
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    Leslie Howard, who stars as R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. David Niven co-stars as a Royal Air Force officer...
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    production of the Rolls-Royce Merlin for British use. The engine also filled a gap in the U.S. at a time when similarly powered American-made engines were...
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    Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the Hurricane inflicted...
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  • Beverley Shenstone (category Supermarine Spitfire)
    aerodynamicist often credited with developing the aerodynamics of the Supermarine Spitfire elliptical wing. In his later career, he established the technical...
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    Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 Supermarine Attacker Supermarine Seafang Supermarine Spiteful Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants)#Mk XVI (type 361)...
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