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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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    Supermarine Spitfire variants powered by early model Rolls-Royce Merlin engines mostly utilised single-speed, single-stage superchargers. The British...
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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 that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and...
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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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    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 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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    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 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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    Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II. The company built a range...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Griffon in a Spitfire. Three weeks later, permission was given to Supermarine to explore the possibilities of adapting the Griffon to the Spitfire; in response...
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  • Beverley Shenstone (category Supermarine Spitfire)
    credited with developing the aerodynamics of the Supermarine Spitfire elliptical wing. In his later career, he established the technical foundation of...
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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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    on the Spitfire IX as the Merlin 61. This model was later produced by Packard as the V-1650-3 and became known as the "high altitude" Merlin destined...
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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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    It is distinct from the Merlin-powered P-51B/C that later followed. The development proceeded incorporating a Rolls-Royce Merlin 65 medium-high altitude...
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    to develop better carrier deck-landings with the Supermarine Seafire, the naval version of the Spitfire. Kenneth More (1914–1982): actor, including films...
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