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The Supermarine Spitfire was an interceptor aircraft used by the Allies during and after World War 2.
Initial Development
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Operational Service
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Experimental examples
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- Spitfire Mk V EN830 was captured by the Germans, and test flown with a Daimler Benz DB 605A for comparative trials during 1944[1]
Memorials
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Airworthy examples
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See entries for Spitfire Survivors on the Warbirds wiki
Static examples
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Replicas
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- An eight metre sculpture depicting prototype K5054 in flight was erected in Southampton during early 2004, close to the site of the first flight, as a tribute to the type's success during the Battle of Britain.[N 1]
New builds
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References
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Notes
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- ↑ Ironically, some of the funding came from the German car firm Mercedes-Benz, linked to the Daimler-Benz company which built engines for the Me 109[2]