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Guardian of Freedom by Timothy OBrien. A lone Spitfire of 266 Squadron is shown above the sunlit haze of London and the Thames, during the Battle of Britian. 266 Squadron was reformed on 30th October 1939 at RAF Sutton Bridge as a fighter squadron. The squadron was one of the Rhodesian gift squadrons and was named 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron in honour of the gift. Originally it was equipped with the Fairey Battle light bomber, but soon after in January 1940 it received the Supermarine Spitfire and became a fighter squadron. It was in action over Dunkirk in early June and fought in the Battle of Britain. |
41 Squadron Spitfires by Ivan Berryman. Spitfires of No.41 Sqn during the Battle of Britain. The lead aircraft is EB-J, flown by Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown. |
Ramrod by Robert Taylor During operation Ramrod 792 on April 25, 1944, leading his Spitfire wing, Johnnie Johnson had a long-running combat with an FW190. Robert Taylor shows the last moments of the duel which ended in victory for the Allied Air Forces leading fighter Ace. |
A Dunkirk Encounter by Ivan Berryman. A moment during the fraught encounter on 27th May 1940 over Dunkirk between Spitfires of 610 Sqn and an estimated 40 Bf.110s during which three Zerstorers were shot down. |
Normandy Fighter Sweep by Nicolas Trudgian. Johnnie Johnson leads his Canadian Wing Spitfires over the Normandy beaches on D-Day, 1944. |
Bob Doe - Spitfire Ace by Graeme Lothian. (P) Spitfire D-AZ of Royal Air Force Spitfire Ace Bob Doe is shown in a steep turn. |
Total Commitment by Ivan Berryman. On the afternoon of 5th September 1940, Spitfires of 41 Sqn intercepted a large formation of Heinkel 111 bombers and their escorts over the Thames estuary, en route for London. Flying N3162 as Red 2, Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock attacked the bombers head on as they began to turn north. In a fraught combat, Lock was to destroy two He.111s and a Bf.109 on that single mission, setting him on course to become the highest scoring ace in the RAF during the Battle of Britain with sixteen confirmed victories and one shared. His final total at the end of the war was twenty six kills confirmed and eight probables. |
Spitfire Country by Nicolas Trudgian. A typical scene from a bright August morning in that momentous summer of 1940. Having climbed into the dawn sky at daybreak, the Spitfires of No 603 Squadron have already been in action, and with more heavy raids on the plotters table, they scurry back to Biggin Hill to re-arm and refuel. A Messerschmitt Me109, shot down during the previous days fighting, lies discarded in a hay field, its lucky pilot having escaped with his life. Meanwhile, the beautiful Kent countryside comes awake as it prepares for the toils of another glorious summers day. |
234 Squadron Scramble by Graeme Lothian. (P) Battle of Britain Ace Wing Commander Bob Doe in Spitfire AZ-D and his wingman hurry to intercept incoming enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. |
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight by Trevor Mitchell. No text for this item |
First Combat by Robert Taylor Don Kingaby is the only pilot in the RAF to have been awarded 3 DFMs. During his first combat on August 12, 1940, he severely damaged an JU88 over the Isle of Wight and Robert Taylor captures the moment of break, with the JU88 already smoking. Don Kingaby flew a further 450 operational sorties on Spitfires. |
Greek 'Fire by Brian Bateman. (P) Spiros 'Steve the Greek' Pisanos in his Mk.Vb Spitfire EN783 XR-K during his time with No.71 Sqn RAF, one of three American Eagle squadrons within the Royal Air Force. |
This Sceptred Isle by Robert Taylor. For nearly a thousand years the white cliffs of southern England had taunted many a foreign army. These fortress walls of chalk, however, were defended by the moat-like waters of the Channel, and together they had shielded the British from her enemies. Alongside Drake they had defied the armies of Spain and her great Armada and, in 1805, had halted the march of Napoleon's Grand Armée. No enemy force since that of William the Conqueror in 1066 had successfully managed to cross the Channel in anger but, in May 1940, one of the most powerful armies the world had ever seen arrived at Calais. An invasion by Hitler's all-conquering Wehrmacht was imminent - or so it seemed. To cross the Channel and breach the English defences, the Luftwaffe simply had to gain control of the skies, and with massively superior numbers the outcom seemed inevitable. The fate of Britain lay in the hands of less than 3,000 young airmen from Fighter Command - Churhill's 'Few'. By July the most famous air battle in history was underway and, over the next three months under tranquil summer skies, the 'Few' battled to defend their Scpetred Isle. Impossibly outnumbered and flying daily to the point of exhaustion, by October these courageous young men had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, emerging defiantly victorious. The threat of invasion might be over but a terrible price had been paid - during that long battle for the survival of Britain 544 had been killed and 422 wounded; and of those who survived a further 814 would be killed before the end of the war. This painting pays tribute to the valiant 'Few', portraying a fleeting moment of calm for the pilots of 74 (Tiger) Squadron during the height of the Battle of Britain. With his commanding officer Sailor Malan (ZP-A) to his right, Acting Flight Lieutenant John Freeborn (ZP-C) takes time to reflect on another day of intense combat while passing over the white cliffs and the familiar lighthouse at Beachy Head, as the squadron cross the English coast to head for home. |
Coastal Patrol Spitfire by Barry Price. No text for this item |
Spitfires Safely Home by Stephen Brown. It is the winter of 1941 and heavy snow has disrupted operations for several days. A break in the weather today has brought blue skies and the opportunity for the ground crew to clear the runway of snow and get the pilots of 92 Squadron airborne. Flt. Lt. Geoffrey Wellum and his fellow fighter pilots are bringing their Spitfires safely home after the third and final sortie of the day. |
Close Encounter by Ivan Berryman. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1As of No.610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAAF, intercept incoming Heinkel 111H-16s of the 9th Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53 Legion Condor during the big daylight raids on London of August and September 1940 - the climax of the Battle of Britain. Spitfire N3029 (DW-K) was shot down by a Bf109 on the 5th of September 1940 and crash-landed near Gravesend, Kent, thankfully without injury to Sgt Willcocks, the pilot. For the record, N3029 was rebuilt and, following some brief flying in the UK, was sent overseas by convoy to the Middle East. Ironically, the ship carrying this aircraft was torpedoed en route and both ship and all its cargo were lost. |
Into the Schwarm by Ivan Berryman. The lone Spitfire of Maurice Peter Brown of No.41 Sqn, single-handedly attacks a group of eight Me109s on 25th October 1940. |
Valiant Response by Robert Taylor. The Spitfires of 54 Squadron, quickly scrambled from nearby Hornchurch, clash with the Me109s from 1./JG51 over Kent. Below, Me110s from KPRG210 are about to receive unwelcome attention as the rest of the Spitfires hurtle down upon them and in the distance, a group of Hurricanes rip through a dense formation of Do17s from KG76 as they struggle back to France. What clouds there are will be unlikely to give much sanctuary and, for the onlookers on the ground far below, the skies will soon be filled with weaving trails of smoke and debris. For nearly a week the Luftwaffe had thrown everything they had into the attack on southern England in order to annihilate RAF Fighter Command, in preparation for Operation Sealion, the invasion of Britain. And, heavily outnumbered, the young RAF Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of Fighter Command had so far repelled them, at a cost. But on Sunday 18 August 1940, the Germans launched the heaviest formations of aircraft seen in the battle so far. This was to be a grinding day of relentless assaults on the airfields of southern England, the hardest day of the Battle of Britain. |
Spitfires by Barry Price. No text for this item |
Into History - Spitfire Prototype by Ivan Berryman. Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 is seen taking to the air for a test flight in June 1936 from Eastleigh Airport in Southampton. Few, at the time, could have known what an iconic aircraft R J Mitchell had designed, yet the beautiful, classic lines were there to see in the very first example. |
The New Knights by David Pentland. (P) Spitfires of No.616 Squadron, September 1940. The aircraft nearest is K4330 QJ-G, the mount of Johnnie Johnson. |
Spitfire Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954. |
| Top Aces for : Spitfire | |
| A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown this aircraft. | |
| Name | Victories |
| Johnnie Johnson | 36.91 |
| Paddy Finucane | 32.00 |
| Robert Stanford-Tuck | 29.00 |
| James Lacey | 28.00 |
| Neville Duke | 28.00 |
| Eric Lock | 26.50 |
| Douglas Bader | 23.00 |
| Don Kingaby | 23.00 |
| Harbourne Stephen | 22.50 |
| Archie McKellar | 21.00 |
| James Rankin | 21.00 |
| Raymond Harries | 20.00 |
| John Cunningham | 20.00 |
| Ronald Berry | 16.00 |
| Ian Gleed | 15.00 |
| Peter Brothers | 15.00 |
| Bob Doe | 15.00 |
| John Freeborn | 13.50 |
| Ben Bennions | 11.00 |
| Hugh Dundas | 11.00 |
| George Unwin | 10.00 |
| Clive Caldwell | 28.50 |
| Tony Gaze | 12.50 |
| Bobby Gibbes | 10.50 |
| Colin Gray | 27.50 |
| Alan Deere | 22.00 |
| Evan Mackie | 21.50 |
| Brian Carbury | 15.50 |
| John Rae | 13.00 |
| Keith Lawrence | 5.00 |
| George Beurling | 31.50 |
| James Edwards | 16.50 |
| Roderick Smith | 13.20 |
| Richard Audet | 10.50 |
| Albert Houle | 10.00 |
| James Lindsay | 7.00 |
| Adolf Malam | 35.00 |
| Marmaduke Pattle | 34.00 |
| Pierre Closterman | 26.00 |
| Francis Gabreski | 28.00 |
| Lance Wade | 25.00 |
| Dominic Gentile | 19.83 |
| Duane Beeson | 19.33 |
| James Varnell | 17.00 |
| Donald Blakeslee | 15.50 |
| James Goodson | 15.00 |
| Samuel Brown | 15.00 |
| Archie Donahue | 14.00 |
| Robert Curtis | 14.00 |
| Claude Weaver | 13.50 |
| George Carpenter | 13.33 |
| James Brooks | 13.00 |
| John Lynch | 13.00 |
| David Fairbanks | 12.50 |
| Howard Hively | 12.00 |
| Pierce McKennon | 12.00 |
| James Clark | 11.50 |
| Charles McCorkle | 11.00 |
| John Lawler | 11.00 |
| Leland Molland | 11.00 |
| Norman McDonald | 11.00 |
| Robert Goebel | 11.00 |
| Michael Gladych | 10.00 |
| Spiros Pisanos | 10.00 |
| Sylvan Feld | 9.00 |
| Arthur Johnson | 8.50 |
| Carroll McColpin | 8.00 |
| Dale Shafer | 8.00 |
| James Tyler | 8.00 |
| MacArthur Powers | 7.50 |
| Arnold Vinson | 7.00 |
| Carl Payne | 7.00 |
| Chesley Peterson | 7.00 |
| Daniel Zoerb | 7.00 |
| Frank Hill | 7.00 |
| Gregory Daymond | 7.00 |
| John Curry | 7.00 |
| Murry McLaughlin | 7.00 |
| Reade Tilley | 7.00 |
| Ripley Jones | 7.00 |
| Richard Hurd | 6.09 |
| Fred Ohr | 6.00 |
| Henry Mills | 6.00 |
| James Peck | 6.00 |
| J Collinsworth | 6.00 |
| Lewis Chick | 6.00 |
| Merriwell Vineyard | 6.00 |
| Raymond Care | 6.00 |
| Raymond Harmeyer | 6.00 |
| Roy Evans | 6.00 |
| William Dillard | 6.00 |
| William Dunn | 6.00 |
| Frederick Trafton | 5.50 |
| Joseph Lynch | 5.50 |
| Oscar Coen | 5.50 |
| Harrison Thyng | 5.00 |
| Arthur Cleaveland | 5.00 |
| Charles Fischette | 5.00 |
| David Wilhelm | 5.00 |
| Edward Gimbel | 5.00 |
| George Loving | 5.00 |
| Jackson Mahon | 5.00 |
| James Peck | 5.00 |
| James Empey | 5.00 |
| John White | 5.00 |
| Kenneth Smith | 5.00 |
| Richard Faxon | 5.00 |
| Richard Alexander | 5.00 |
| Selden Edner | 5.00 |
| Virgil Fields | 5.00 |
| Francis Dawson-Paul | 7.50 |
| D Pieri | 6.00 |
| V Cabas | 5.00 |
| P Johnson | 5.00 |
| H Zary | 5.00 |
| J Carey | 4.50 |
| R Davenport | 4.50 |
| M Fletcher | 4.50 |
| J Butler | 4.50 |
| W Daley | 2.50 |
| J Adams | 4.50 |
| J Ainley | 8.00 |
| J Aitken | 4.50 |
| R Baker | 16.50 |
| R Burnett | 5.00 |
| J Jacobs | 4.50 |
| M McPharlin | 3.00 |
| J Thorne | 5.00 |
| V Wynn | 4.00 |
| V France | 4.50 |
| Agorastos Plagis | 16.00 |
| John Bisdee | 8.00 |
| Bob Foster | 7.00 |
| Tom Neil | 14.00 |
| Basil Stapleton | 6.00 |
| Walter Lawson | 6.00 |
| Paul Farnes | 8.00 |
| Wallace Cunningham | 8.00 |
| Wilf Sizer | 7.00 |
| W Duncan-Smith | 17.00 |
| Alan Page | 12.50 |
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