Hawker, Fairey, Supermarine, Gloster, Armstrong Whitworth and Boulton Paul all made submissions. Hawker's prototype, called the Hotspur, along with the Boulton Paul F.82 saw an order for two prototypes

Royal Canadian Navy received the type to replace their Supermarine Seafires, with Nos. 778 and 787 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm receiving theirs the next month. The Sea Fury FB.11 was the

For this article we have used the Supermarine Spitfire as the example aircraft, as this was one of the two main types used by Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. We have only detailed the official

29 Hawker Hurricane 19 Supermarine Spitfire 6 Bristol Blenheim 2 Boulton Paul Defiant With a further two squadrons on loan from the Fleet Air Arm: No. 804 Naval Air Squadron – Gloster Sea Gladiator

ranging from the famous Supermarine Spitfire and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress to the less well known Vickers Wellesley and Curtiss Hawk 75. Every profile added to our site is well researched and covers

No. 56 with the Tempest Mk V replacing their Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXs. They would operate within No. 150 Wing, Royal Air Force as part of No. 85 Group, Royal Air Force which was under the command of

14th August 1941 when a pair from JG 26 shot down two Supermarine Spitfires. Initial combat reports from Royal Air Force pilots sometimes mistook the aircraft as captured Curtiss Hawk 75s. A revelation

when twelve B-17Es escorted by Supermarine Spitfires of the Royal Air Force attacked the marshalling yards at Rouen in France, only two aircraft sustained minor damage and the mission was a success.

aircraft's vulnerability to the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire saw the aircraft move to night operations and other roles. One of these roles was as a transport aircraft and the He 111 was involved

ready by May 1936 and featured the fin and rudder of a Supermarine Stranraer and instead of Rolls-Royce engines, a pair of 915-hp Bristol Pegasus engines were installed. The 15th June 1936 would see Captain