Supermarine Spitfire The Spitfire continues to be highly popular at airshows, on airfields and in museums worldwide, and holds an important place in the memories of many people, especially the few still living who flew the Spitfire in combat. Numerous films and documentaries featuring the Spitfire are still being produced, some of which are listed in this section. The Spitfire's performance improved greatly as WWII progressed, for more information see . Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of
Aircraft in fiction Harbor" (2001), directed by Michael Bay, included a sequence which featured Spitfires. A Spitfire Mk Vb featured in at least three episodes of the British ITV television series "Foyle's War" (2002-2015). The central character Detective Foyle has a son Andrew, who is a pilot in the Royal Air Force during WW2. One episode to feature the Spitfire was "Among the Few" in season 2 where one of Andrew's fellow pilots is revealed to be a secret homosexual and guilty of manslaughter. Spitfires starred in the 2006 seven-minute short film/commercial "Pilots" produced by the Swiss-German watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen to promote