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
Hunting Aircraft resigned from the board to serve in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the war sold his remaining interest in the company at that point. It changed its name to Hunting Percival Aircraft in 1954 and then to Hunting Aircraft in 1957. In 1960 the company was taken over by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), itself formed earlier that same year through the merger of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, English Electric and Vickers-Armstrongs. BAC later became part of British Aerospace, now BAE Systems. Hunting Aircraft Hunting Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer, that produced light training aircraft and the