The designer of the Supermarine Spitfire, R. J. Mitchell, called it the spitfire because it was just a sort of a silly bloody name that the Airforce would choose.
Look on the bright side: the original name was to be the Shrew. If memory serves, the name Spitfire was chosen by Mitchell's daughter and replaced that name.
The Spitfire was a monoplane fighter
The first original spitfire was designed by R.J. Mitchell
A Supermarine Spitfire was a British fighter plane used in world war 2.
The Spitfire first entered service on 5th March 1936
I know one of them is the Supermarine Spitfire II
normally the spitfire was just called spitfire and the the mark E.G spitfire Mk XI
The designer of the Supermarine Spitfire, R. J. Mitchell, called it the spitfire because it was just a sort of a silly bloody name that the Airforce would choose. Look on the bright side: the original name was to be the Shrew. If memory serves, the name Spitfire was chosen by Mitchell's daughter and replaced that name.
Indeed there was such a plane as a Spitfire during WW2. It was one of the UK's main fighters.
The first prototype of the Supermarine Spitfire was called "Shrew" by its designer, and it was proposed to be an official name for the plane. However, the Ministry of Defence opted for "Spitfire" instead.
Spitfires used the Rolls Royce Merlin engine.
Spitfire Brown's birth name is Percy Lee Brown Jr..
Spitfire is female.
the spitfire was invented and built in Britain.
The Spitfire was a monoplane fighter
The Spitfire was made of aluminium and duraluminium.
A Spitfire was 30 ft. long.
The Supermarine Spitfire was the only Spitfire in World War 2. There were other planes later built on the Spitfire model but they had different names than the Spitfire. See the link below.