Supermarine Spitfire Aircraft

Spitfire IX, 308 Sqn RAF. Copyright: Arvo Vercamer

Production Details

Design Company:

Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Limited, Woolston

First Flight:

5 March 1936

Type 300:

1 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire I:

1516 - Supermarine, Southampton 50 - Westland Aircraft, Yeovil

Spitfire II:

921 - Vickers-Armstrongs, Castle Bromwich

Spitfire III:

2 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire IV:

229 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire V:

1363 - Supermarine, Southampton 4556 - Vickers-Armstrongs, Castle Bromwich 635 - Westland Aircraft, Yeovil

Spitfire VI:

101 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire VII:

138 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire VIII:

1648 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire IX:

664 - Supermarine, Southampton 5072 - Vickers-Armstrong, Castle Bromwich

Spitfire X:

16 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire XI:

376 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire XII:

101 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire XIV:

961 - Supermarine, Southampton 5 - Vickers-Armstrong, Castle Bromwich

Spitfire XVI:

1021 - Vickers-Armstrongs, Castle Bromwich

Spitfire XVIII:

300 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire XIX:

226 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire 20:

1 - Supermarine, Southampton

Spitfire 21:

1 - Supermarine, Southampton 120 - Vickers-Armstrongs, Castle Bromwich

Spitfire 22:

263 - Vickers-Armstrongs, Castle Bromwich

Spitfire 24:

78 - Vickers-Armstrongs, Castle Bromwich

Type Specification

Applies to:

Supermarine Spitfire V

Type:

Single-seat fighter

Wing:

Low-wing cantilever monoplane, all metal

Fuselage:

All metal monocoque

Tail Unit:

Cantilever monoplane type, all metal

Landing Gear:

Retractable type, tailwheel

Power Plant:

One Rolls-Royce Merlin twelve cylinder Vee liquid cooled engine, with three bladed constant speed propeller

Accommodation:

Pilot

Armament:

Two 20 mm cannon and 4 0.303 in machine gun, or 4 20 mm cannon

Span:

36 ft 10 in

Length:

29 ft 11 in

Height:

11 ft 5 in

Wing Area:

242 sq ft

Empty:

5,065 lb

Loaded:

6,750 lb

Max Speed:

369 mph at 19,500 ft

Initial Rate of Climb:

3,000 ft / min

Service Ceiling:

36,000 ft

Preserved in British Museums

Spitfire I:

K9942 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford - Display P9444 - Science Museum, South Kensington - Display R6915 - Imperial War Museum, South Lambeth - Display X4276 - Real Aeroplane Company, Breighton - Off-site X4590 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display

Spitfire II:

P7350 - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Coningsby Airfield - Airworthy P7540 - Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries - Restoration

Spitfire V:

AB910 - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Coningsby Airfield - Airworthy AR501 - Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden - Airworthy BL614 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display BL655 - Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby - Substantial parts BM597 - Historic Aircraft Collection, Duxford - Airworthy EP120 - The Fighter Collection, Duxford - Airworthy JG891 - Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford - Airworthy

Spitfire IX:

MH434 - Old Flying Machine Company, Duxford - Airworthy MJ271 - Historic Flying, Duxford - Restoration MK356 - Battle of Britiain Memorial Flight, Coningsby Airfield - Airworthy ML427 - Millennium Point Discovery Centre, Birmingham - Display PL344 - Aircraft Restoration Company, Duxford - Overhaul PL983 - Historic Flying, Duxford - Restoration RK858 - The Fighter Collection, Duxford - Stored TA805 - Aircraft Restoration Company, Duxford - Airworthy UB-424 - Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford - Stored

Spitfire XIV:

MT847 - Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester, Manchester - Display MV268 - The Fighter Collection, Duxford - Airworthy

Spitfire XVI:

RW386 - Historic Flying, Duxford - Airworthy RW388 - The Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent - Restoration TB675 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford - Display TB752 - Hurricane and Spitfire Memorial Museum, Manston Airport - Display TD248 - Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford - Airworthy TE311 - Battle of Britiain Memorial Flight, Coningsby Airfield - Restoration TE462 - National Museums of Scotland - Museum of Flight, East Fortune Aerodrome - Display

Spitfire XVIII:

SM845 - Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford - Airworthy SM969 - The Fighter Collection, Duxford - Restoration

Spitfire XIX:

PM631 - Battle of Britiain Memorial Flight, Coningsby Airfield - Airworthy PS915 - Battle of Britiain Memorial Flight, Coningsby Airfield - Airworthy

Spitfire 21:

LA198 - Museum of Transport, Glasgow - Display

Spitfire 22:

PK624 - The Fighter Collection, Duxford - Restoration PK664 - Science Museum, South Kensington - Display

Spitfire 24:

PK683 - Solent Sky, Southampton - Display PK724 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display VN485 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford - Display

Spitfire Tr.IX:

MJ627 - Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby - Airworthy ML407 - Carolyn Grace, Duxford - Airworthy 161 - Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford - Airworthy

Replicas:

K5054 - Solent Sky, Southampton - Off-site K5054 - Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge - Display K5054 - Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere - Display N3194 - RAF Memorial Chapel, Biggin Hill - Display N3289 - Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge - Display N3313 - Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge - Display P8140 - Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton - Display R6690 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display R6775 - National Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel Le Ferne - Display AB550 - Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum, Malton - Display BL924 - Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere - Display EN398 - Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group, Sleap - Display MH486 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display MJ832 - RAF Digby, Digby - Display MK356 - Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge - Display PL256 - Aeropark, Nottingham East Midlands Airport - Display RB159 - Hooton Park Trust, Hooton Park - Display TD248 - Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton - Display Unmarked - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display

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