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Spitfire: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

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).

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
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 - Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVIe. 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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