Most wartime Spitfires could fly at about 380 -400 mph, the final models could make 460.
Spitfires at the end of the war could fly about 440 mph.
The max speed of the final Spitfires was about 460 mph.
Britain made 20,351 spitfires.
Southampton Spitfires was created in 2007.
Windsor Spitfires was created in 1975.
They created Spitfires specifically because the Royal Air Force put out a Specification in 1934 for an 8 gun fighter with retractable undercarriage and a speed of at least 275 mph. The Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane were both results of this specification.
Yes. there was spitfires in D-Day drops.
I don't believe Spitfires ever carried rockets.
Most Spitfires were up against the Me 109.
There were 20,351 spitfires in total made in WWII.
There are Spitfires in many museums around the US. There are also many flying Spitfires . -Google "surviving Spitfires" and see the list.
The Battle of Britain WAS won by Spitfires and Hurricanes.