http://spitfiresite.com Everything about the Supermarine Spitfire Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:51:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://spitfiresite.com/2014/02/no-111-squadron-in-sicily.html http://spitfiresite.com/2014/02/no-111-squadron-in-sicily.html#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:51:55 +0000 http://spitfiresite.com/?p=6211 Supermarine Spitfires of No. 111 Squadron RAF undergoing maintenance at Comiso, Sicily in the summer of 1943. ‘JU-R’ in the foreground is a Mark IXE, the other aircraft being Mark VCs. No. 111 Sqn played a role in the Battle of Britain, pioneering dangerous head-on attacks against the Luftwaffe bomber streams. Claims included 47 aircraft […]]]> http://spitfiresite.com/2014/02/no-111-squadron-in-sicily.html/feed 8 http://spitfiresite.com/2013/10/oakey-spitfires-quest-to-discover-mint-condition-buried-spitfires-goes-on.html http://spitfiresite.com/2013/10/oakey-spitfires-quest-to-discover-mint-condition-buried-spitfires-goes-on.html#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:34:53 +0000 http://spitfiresite.com/?p=6182 Approximately 100 miles West of Brisbane, RAAF station in Oakey, Queensland opened on 14 October 1943 as the home of No. 6 Aircraft Depot. The stations function was to act as a Receipt and Despatch Unit & forward depot for aircraft operating from New Guinea and northern Australia. Over the period of two years, a […]]]> http://spitfiresite.com/2013/10/oakey-spitfires-quest-to-discover-mint-condition-buried-spitfires-goes-on.html/feed 1 http://spitfiresite.com/2013/09/spitfire-mk-ixc-cannon-bay.html http://spitfiresite.com/2013/09/spitfire-mk-ixc-cannon-bay.html#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:32:45 +0000 http://spitfiresite.com/?p=6171 This picture gives a good idea about the capacity of the Spitfire cannon armament. It is the Spitfire Mk. Vc (C-wing) cannon bay showing the clockwork drum containing 60 rounds, enough to feed the Cannon for 30 seconds. The .303 Machine Guns with 170 RPG were fired by the air compressor and also run out in 30 seconds […]]]> http://spitfiresite.com/2013/09/spitfire-mk-ixc-cannon-bay.html/feed 1 http://spitfiresite.com/2013/09/no-81-squadron-in-algieria.html http://spitfiresite.com/2013/09/no-81-squadron-in-algieria.html#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:05:08 +0000 http://spitfiresite.com/?p=6156 Here is one othe many official war corespondent photographs that documented the Allied landings in Morocco and Algieria. Initiated by the operation “Torch”, this campaign established a game-changing second front in Africa. Characteristic of the time, the official narrative in an excercise in providing the news without giving away any information, which makes for an […]]]> http://spitfiresite.com/2013/09/no-81-squadron-in-algieria.html/feed 1 http://spitfiresite.com/2013/08/spitfire-into-service-with-no-19-squadron.html http://spitfiresite.com/2013/08/spitfire-into-service-with-no-19-squadron.html#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:27:57 +0000 http://spitfiresite.com/?p=6145 Here is one of the lesser-known pictures out of a well-known series showing a flight of the first production Spitfires Mk. I introduced into service by No. 19 Squadron in Duxford. The featureless background comes from an overexposed shot against a white cloud, but otherwise this photo offers a number of interesting details. No. 19 […]]]> http://spitfiresite.com/2013/08/spitfire-into-service-with-no-19-squadron.html/feed 2 http://spitfiresite.com/2013/08/spitfire-cleveland-air-races-1949.html http://spitfiresite.com/2013/08/spitfire-cleveland-air-races-1949.html#respond Sun, 25 Aug 2013 20:01:01 +0000 http://spitfiresite.com/?p=6134 Post-war racing Spitfires are always an interesting sight. This one, originally produced as FR Mk. XIVe serial no. TZ138, was purchased in April 1949 by Messrs Ken Brown and James McArthur with the intention of entering the Tinnerman Trophy Race held during the 1949 National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio. The buyers obtained the almost new […]]]> http://spitfiresite.com/2013/08/spitfire-cleveland-air-races-1949.html/feed 0 http://spitfiresite.com/2013/04/6103.html http://spitfiresite.com/2013/04/6103.html#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:42:55 +0000 http://spitfiresite.com/?p=6103 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vb serial no. AA936. Probably an official photograph. Produced in October 1941, AA936 was one of the early series Mk. Vs coming from the Supermarine factory. According to the RAF records, it sported the Merlin 45M engine which according to the later standards would make it an LF Mk. Vb. However, this […]]]> http://spitfiresite.com/2013/04/6103.html/feed 2 http://spitfiresite.com/2013/04/avaiation-art-by-matthew-emeny.html http://spitfiresite.com/2013/04/avaiation-art-by-matthew-emeny.html#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:06:10 +0000 http://spitfiresite.com/?p=6097 Matthew Emeny is a professional artist from Suffolk, UK who sent us this sample of his recent work. The painting shows Supermarine Spitfire LF.Mk.Vb AA937 (AF-O). A limited series of 250 numbered and signed 36 x 28 cm prints has been issued by the artist. These can be ordered by contacting emenyart@live.co.uk]]> http://spitfiresite.com/2013/04/avaiation-art-by-matthew-emeny.html/feed 0