The Spitfire 1 was in service until approximately the end of 1940, by then Mk ll and Mk V were appearing in large numbers and MK 1 was gradually phased out.
40 years
The Spitfire was retired from squadron service in 1952. However many units and bases retained individual Spitfires operationally until at least 1956. The last reported 'sortie' was an attack on terrorists in Malaya in 1954 by a Spifire F22.
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The Spitfire only had one seat.
About 20,000 American spitfire pilots died in WW2.
The Spitfire did not hold any bombs. It was a dedicated interceptor fighter.
The Spitfire assembly line employed hundreds of people.
There is only one seat in a Spitfire, the cockpit was actually quite small.
The Spitfire was a single-seat interceptor fighter.
Each tour of duty is for two years. The longest service has been for 25 years.
Take the current year (2015) and subtract 1947 from it. As of now, about 68 years.
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