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English, Italian, German. The First of the Few (US title Spitfire) is a 1942 British black-and-white biographical film produced and directed by Leslie Howard, who stars as R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. David Niven co-stars as a Royal Air Force officer and test pilot, a composite character that ...
English. Budget. £800,000. Box office. $722,623 (worldwide) Spitfire is a 2018 British documentary feature film about the history of the Supermarine Spitfire and its last surviving pilots during World War II. The film was released in commemoration of the centenary of the Royal Air Force and features narration by Charles Dance.
Audio recording of Spitfire fly-past at the 2011 family day at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire Supermarine Spitfire G-AWGB landing at Biggin Hill Airport, June 2024. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only ...
Spitfire: Directed by David Fairhead, Ant Palmer. With John Ackroyd, Charles Dance, Mary Ellis, Paul Farnes. The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.
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- Documentary, History, War
- David Fairhead, Ant Palmer
- 2018-07-15
- Its direct ancestors were air racers. Designed by Reginald J. Mitchell to participate in Schneider Trophy races — a competition specifically for racing seaplanes — Supermarine racers flown by RAF pilots permanently brought the prestigious Schneider Cup home after winning three consecutive races.
- It changed throughout the war. The Spitfire prototype came about after the need for a fighter plane with eight machine guns as opposed to just two or four.
- It wasn’t just flown by British pilots. Besides British and Commonwealth pilots, Spitfires were flown by an international cadre of pilots from France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, and the United States.
- The Museum model is 1 of 140 Mark VII’s ever made. This particular Spitfire model, or “mark” as the British would say, had the ability to operate at high altitudes and could fly as fast as 408 mph at 25,000 ft.
Jun 22, 2017 · Supermarine Spitfire. And Thomas Kaplan, an American billionaire, ended up restoring two MK 1 Supermarine Spitfires, of which there are only four left able to fly in total in the world. One was donated to the Imperial War Museum while the second one was auctioned off for 3.1 million pounds in July 2015 at Christie’s in London.
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Jun 4, 2021 · Because of its superior aerodynamics and sleek design, the Supermarine Spitfire became one of the iconic aircraft of World War II. Like the P-51 Mustang, this fighter came to define an era of ...
