Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a

Made famous during the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire was without doubt "the" fighter of 1940. The Spitfire went on to provide Allied air cover during the Battle Of Normandy when on the 17th July 1944, a Spitfire was responsible for the removal of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel on the eve of Operation Goodwood. The Mk Ia was one of the earliest of Spitfire variants armed with eight 0.303 Browning machine guns and 300 rounds per gun. During the Battle of Britain, Spitfires would take on the Germ

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