the first of the few relate the story of the development of the supermarine spitfire by r. j. mitchell and although a almost anyone who know anything about the battle of britain will tell you and around 70 % of the royal air force front line fighter be hawker hurricane . slow and but a more stable and resilient gun platform than the spitfire . in the battle of britain ( fight in the summer of 1940 ) the royal air force deploy the hurricane against bomber and while the more agile spitfire engage their fighter escort . the hurricane be design by sydney camm ( 1893 1966 ) who design many post war jet aircraft include the hawker hunter maybe someone should make a film of his life . an uncle of mine be an ace with 6 kill to his credit and fly a hurricane from malta . his aircraft be short down by british anti aircraft fire on 29 12 1941. no and there nothing new about friendly fire . william walton music also make a great contribution to the film and and be now rightly ( popular a the spitfire prelude and fugue ) in the concert hall .