![]() ![]() Meir Levison-Born in Westerbork and murdered in Bergen Belsen.Free UK delivery is available for orders to the UK Mainland only and applies only to orders over £150įlightstore will despatch your order the same working day, Monday To Friday excluding UK bank holidays if we receive your order before 3pm.Fritz Sauckel’s Letter-Hiding evil in words. ![]() It is not often I bestow the title of Hero to a non human, but in this case I think it warrants to name that ruler of the skies a hero. When production ceased in 1947, 20,334 Spitfires of all versions had been produced, 2,053 of them Griffon-powered versions.įighter versions of the Spitfire were dropped from RAF service during the early 1950s, while photo-reconnaissance Spitfires continued in service until 1954. ![]() ![]() Spitfires were exported in small numbers to Portugal, Turkey, and the Soviet Union, and they were flown by the U.S. Capable of top speeds of 440 miles (710 km) per hour and ceilings of 40,000 feet (12,200 metres), these were used to shoot down V-1 “buzz bombs.” During World War II. In late 1943 Spitfires powered by Rolls-Royce Griffon engines developing as much as 2,050 horsepower began entering service. Superior high-altitude performance rendered it all but immune from interception, and the fuel tanks that replaced wing-mounted machine guns and ammunition bays gave it sufficient range to probe western Germany from British bases. One of the Spitfire’s most important contributions to Allied victory was as a photo-reconnaissance aircraft from early 1941. The Spitfire was designed by Reginald Mitchell of Supermarine Ltd., in response to a 1934 Air Ministry specification calling for a high-performance fighter with an armament of eight wing-mounted 0.303-inch (7.7-mm) machine guns. As I said earlier everyone knows how a Spitfire looks like. It is the Spitfire which is most recognizable of all of them. Despite my ignorance in all matters aviation I do know what a Spitfire is, and like me anyone who doesn’t have a clue about airplanes they still will recognize a Spitfire.Īlthough there have been many other majestic fighters during WWII like for example the Mustang. But that is what makes the Spitfire so special. I am not an aviation expert and even less of a military aviation expert, far from it. ![]()
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