| Category. | Statistic. |
|---|---|
| First flight. | 5 March 1936. |
| Retired on. | Wikipedia said Ireland was the last in 1961. By what can be gathered, they served with S. Africa, NZ, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia well in to the late 1950s. A tribute program on the Discovery Channel and a UK historical web page claimed in the 2000s that a Dutch trainer one retired in the "early 1960s", a Egyptian photo-reconnaissance one retired in 1961 and a Belgian target tug one retired in 1965. A BBC new\history show in the late 1990s what may have be one was in the background in the skies over Rhodesia. The footage was from the late 1960s! A few civil owned warbirds remain. |
| Major contractor(s). | Supermarine. |
| Dose it use nukes or cruse missiles. | No |
| Flight ceiling . | 36,500 ft (11,125 m). |
| Top speed. | 370 mph, (322 kn, 595 km/h). |
| VTOL. | No. |
| Range. | 991 nmi (1,135 mi, 1,827 km). |
| Crew. | 1. |
| Nationality(s). | British |
| Class. | Fighter/light ground attack/photo-reconnaissance aircraft. |
| Rate of climb. | 2,600 ft/min (13.2 m/s). |
| Links. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire, http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/spitaw.htm, https://web.archive.org/web/20090907232202/http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/spitaw.htm, http://www.fantasyofflight.com/collection/aircraft/, https://web.archive.org/web/20120305233615/http://www.fantasyofflight.com/aircraftpages/spitfire.htm, http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/ireland/af/irl-af-all-time.htm, https://web.archive.org/web/20101201103000/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/ireland/af/irl-af-all-time.htm and http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/spitaw.htm |
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Spitfire LF Mk IX, MH434 being flown by Ray Hannain 2005. This aircraft shot down a FW 190 in 1943 while serving with 222 Squadron. A Spitfire LF Mk IX, MH434 being flown by Ray Hanna in 2005. This aircraft shot down a FW 190 in 1943 while serving with 222 Squadron RAF.
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