The Supermarine Spitfire became a symbol of British resistance during WW2, but its reputation was built on far more than elegant curves. From its powerful Rolls-Royce Merlin engine to its distinctive ...

Click to open image viewer. Supermarine Spitfire F. Mk. VIIc single seat, low wing monoplane high altitude fighter; enclosed cockpit; aluminum monocoque stressed skin elliptical wing with wingtip ...

This Spitfire had it all. It was a Mark Vc, the distillation of everything the Royal Air Force had learned in the desperate days of the Battle of Britain. "This is the gold standard," Martin Henocq ...