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INTRODUCTION Sir Henry Royce was the driving force behind the fabulous "R" racingmotor and Reginald Mitchell - Supermarines chiefdesigner - designed the racingplanes with which England in 1931 won the international speed contest for seaplanes - The Schneider Trophy. Three years later Mitchell presented the.... more

Squadronleader Illife Cozens was in July 1938 the first to receive Spitfires. As war was declared in September 1939, nineteen and a half squadrons were equipped with Spitfires. The first Spitfires had a fixed two-bladed propeller, the next had a three-bladed fixed propeller and from 1940 the following a variable pitch.... more

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Paul Day examines a BF109G, the most numerous of all the Messerschmitts. He finds the cockpit incredible small with very little workingspace - about 25% less than in a Spitfire. The very heavy and cramped canopy might have been designed with "the Kaisers" helmet in mind. On the plus-side he is very satisfied.... more

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Battle of Malta - Spitfire Mark 5. Ladie Lucas tells about Malta and the hard period later with the Focke Wulf FW190 and of the releif, when Spitfire Mark 9 became available. In this period Johnnie Johnson scored a good deal of his many air victories, that made him the highest scoring of all allied fighterpilots (USSR.... more

The first and the ultimate test: The Battle of Britain. The pilots on both sides were to begin with very enthustiastic - young and admired as they were. The testosterone raged in their blood and they felt they were members of an exclusive club - the knighthood of the air. But they soon learnt of comrades being.... more

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