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
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.
Eric Brown (pilot)
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Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown,, Hon FRAeS was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history.
Brown as a lieutenant RNVR, c. 1939-45
On 3 December 1945, Brown became the first pilot to land on and take off (pictured) from an aircraft carrier in a jet aircraft, when he flew a de Havilland Sea Vampire to HMS Ocean.
A 1941 image of HMS Audacity after her July 1941 conversion to an escort carrier; Brown served on her with 802 Squadron until the carrier was torpedoed in the Atlantic in December 1941
A Royal Air Force Hoverfly I of the type flown by Brown from Speke to Farnborough in 1945