Spitfire: The world's most iconic war plane (Mirrorpix)
28 Nov 2012
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RAF Pilots scramble during the Battle of Britain, running towards their Supermarine Spitfires -
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk PRXIX and Avro Lancaster of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at Newcastle Airport in 1979 -
The 22nd Sunderland International Air Show. A Supermarine Spitfire PR9 (photo reconnaisance), part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in July 2010 -
Spitfire pilots scramble during the Battle of Britain -
Martin Sargeant flies a Spitfire Mk XI painted in Battle of Britain colours over the South Coast of England on the 60th Anniversary of the Battle -
Spitfire pilots rushing to their fighter planes as they scramble to meet German aircraft in 1941 -
The Spitfire at the entrance gates to RAF Brawdy being taken away for reconstruction - 5th November 1984 -
An RAF ground crew push a Supermarine Spitfire out of the mud on a boggy airfield in England 1943 -
RAF ground crew push a damaged plane back to the hanger during the Battle of Britain -
A vintage Spitfire patrols Coventry skies in September 1990 -
A North American Harvard dual control training aircraft passes over a Supermarine Spitfire XIV on the ground at RAF Ouston in 1947 -
Spitfires and Hurricanes pass the dome of St Paul's during the flypast to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain on September 15, 1990 -
A Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire take part in a fly past at RAF Scampton, Lincoln, where there was a ceremony to mark the closure of Bomber Command in April 1968 -
A vintage Spitfire Vickers- Supermarine Mk14 patrols Coventry skies in September 1990, to mark the anniversary of night the city burned -
Supermarine Spitfire F22's, of 607 County of Durham Squadron, taxi for take off at the RAF station at Ouston. The squadron was taking part in the commemoration of the 9th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in 1949 -
Martin Sargeant flies a Spitfire Mk XI painted in Battle of Britain colours over the South Coast of England on the 60th Anniversary of the Battle -
Supermarine Spitfire F22's, from RAF Ouston, in flight rehearsing for the 10th anniversary Battle of Britain display in August 1950




