Spitfire: References & Edit History
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The development and use of the Spitfire are discussed in Bill Sweetman and Rikyu Watanabe, Spitfire (1980), a well-illustrated work; Jeffrey Quill and Sebastian Cox, Birth of a Legend: The Spitfire (1986); and Michael Burns, Spitfire! Spitfire! (1986).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Aviation Heritage Museum - Supermarine Spitfire. | Aug 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: World War II Database - Spitfire Fighter. | May 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Spitfire vs. Hurricane: First RAF Combat of World War II. | Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Air Force - Spitfire. | Sep 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Supermarine Spitfire. | May 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - The Spitfires that nearly broke the sound barrier. | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Aeronautical Society - The Aerodynamics of the Spitfire. | Oct 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - What Made the Legendary Spitfire So Successful? | Mar 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Imperial War Museums - The evolution of the Supermarine Spitfire. | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museums Scotland - The story of the Spitfire: an iconic British combat aircraft. | Nov 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - WWII Warplanes: The Superb Supermarine Spitfire. | Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Revised discussion of the Spitfire's performance against the FW 190. | Aug 23, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Supermarine Spitfire. | Feb 10, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Aviation History On-line Museum - History of Supermarine Spitfire. | Jan 06, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: History Learning Site - Spitfire. | Jan 06, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 27, 2007 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Jun 27, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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