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One WW2 Spitfire engine's 'fascinating story' Getty Images The engine sat on a farm for a decade Joshua Askew BBC News, South East 19 April 2025 ...
Spitfires began to have clipped wings by the 1940s to help it better compete against Germany's new, and more agile, ...
A World War Two Spitfire has been forced to make an emergency landing in Kent. Spitfire MJ627 came down in a field on Lower Wall Road, West Hythe, on Saturday evening, said its owner Fly a Spitfire.
In 1941, the Mark V Spitfire, with a more powerful Merlin engine, appeared, and overmatched the 109 until the appearance in 1942 of the Focke-Wulf 190, which led, in turn, to the Mark IX Spitfire ...
Engine parts from a rare Second World War Photo Reconnaissance Spitfire that was shot down by German armed forces in 1942 and lost until being recovered from a Norwegian peat bog 76 years later ...
The Spitfire’s Surprising Role in World War II: More Than Just a Fighter Apart perhaps from the B-17 “Flying Fortress,” no other World War II aircraft is as famous as the Supermarine Spitfire.
A World War Two Spitfire has been forced to make an emergency landing in Kent after losing power. Spitfire MJ627 came down in a field on Lower Wall Road, West Hythe, on Saturday evening, said its ...
The engine of a Spitfire that crashed in a field in East Sussex during World War Two is set to go on display in a museum. How it got there has been called a "fascinating" story. When Phil Wooller ...