Rolls-Royce Griffon
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The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a British 37-litre capacity, 60-degree V12, liquid-cooled aero engine designed and built by Rolls-Royce Limited. In keeping with company convention, the Griffon was named af
Preserved Rolls-Royce Griffon with cutaway sections.
The first Griffon-powered Spitfire IV, DP845
A Griffon installed on WH632, an airworthy Fairey Firefly at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (2014)
Griffon, cut away to show camshaft drives etc., at the Battle of Britain Museum at RAF Coningsby
Supermarine Spitfire
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The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only British fight
Rolls-Royce Griffon
…November 1939. Although the Griffon was designed for naval aircraft, on 8 November 1939 N. E. Rowe of the Air Ministry suggested fitting the Griffon in a Spitfire. Three weeks later, permission was given to Supermarine to explore the possibilities of adapting the Griffon to the Spitfire; Supermarine issued…
Spitfire LF Mk IX, MH434 in 2018 in the markings of its original unit No. 222 Squadron RAF
Supermarine Type 224
Spitfire prototype K5054
Spitfire Mk IIA, P7666, EB-Z, Royal Observer Corps, was built at Castle Bromwich, and delivered to 41 Squadron on 23 November 1940.