Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb Product:Greetings card October 1909

October 1909

A small fire burns in the foreground

Portrait of Sophia Wilhelmine Mariane of Nassau (1836-1913)

Men moving timber at Bankside

numbered 1-6

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb Product:Greetings card October 1909Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, 1941. The iconic British Second World War fighter was designed by Reginald Mitchell. Powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin engine, the Spitfire was integral to Britain's front line air defences during the war and, together with the Hawker Hurricane fighter, played a crucial role in the Battle of Britain. The Mk V was introduced in 1941. A print from British Fighters, by Lawrence Fairhall, London Robert Ross & Co Ltd, 1941.