Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants)
1938 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FAMILY BY SUPERMARINE
Spitfire variants; Spitfire MK II; Supermarine Spitfire variants; Supermarine Spitfire variants part one; Supermarine Spitfire Variants; Spitfire V; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VC; Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vc; Supermarine Spitfire IIa; Spitfire Mk.III; Spitfire HF Mk.VI; Spitfire LF Mk.V; Spitfire PR Mk.IV; Spitfire PR Mk.IG; Spitfire Mk.V; Spitfire PR.VII; Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants); Supermarine Spitfire Vb; Supermarine Spitfire I; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIB; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.II; Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.Vc trop; Speed Spitfire
The British Supermarine Spitfire was the only Allied fighter aircraft of the Second World War to fight in front line service from the beginnings of the conflict, in September 1939, through to the end in August 1945. Post-war, the Spitfire's service career continued into the 1950s.