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Combat Aircraft of World War Two
Spitfire Profiles

Spitfire Mk I flown by Pilot Officer C. Bodie of 66 Squadron in September 1940 during the Battle of Britain
Spitfire Mk II flown by Flight Lieutenant A. Vybiral of 312 Squadron RAF in November 1941
Tropicalised Spitfire Vc JK226 built at Castle Bromwich - assigned to 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group of the 12th Air Force USAAF in Tunisia, 1943 - reproduced with thanks from Bill Gunston 'British Fighters of World War II' (Hamlyn/Aerospace)
Spitfire Mk Vc in service with 107 Squadron 67 Recce Group US Army Air Force at Membury, England in 1943 - reproduced with thanks from 'The Complete Book of Fighters' Green & Swanborough (Greenwich Editions)Spitfire Mk Vc flown by Squadron Leader Robert Oxspring, CO of 91 Squadron RAF, during spring/summer of '42
Spitfire Mk Vc (with Vokes tropical filter) flown by Squadron Leader E. Gibbs of 54 Squadron RAAF, based at Darwin in early 1943
Spitfire Mk VIII (with 'slipper' external fuel tank) - flown by Wing Commander Glenn Cooper of 457 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force - South-West Pacific Forces
Mk VII Spitfire flown in South East Asia by Flight Lieutenant W. Goold
Spitfire - Index

Spitfire Mark ISpitfire in the Pacific

The Spitfire - Origins and Development

Spitfire VB vs Focke-Wulf 190Spitfire IX vs Focke-Wulf 190A

The Spitfire's partner - the Hawker Hurricane

The Battle of Britain - Adolf 'Sailor' Malan against Moelders
Combat Aircraft of the Pacific War

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Acknowledgments
The profile drawings are reproduced, with thanks, from
'Brtish Warplanes of World War II' by Daniel J. March (Grange Books, 2000)
and 'British Fighters of World War II' by Bill Gunston (Hamlyn/Aerospace)