Spitfire

1940s, Events

A traditional fly past of a WWII Spitfire, above the annual Proms concert at Stonor Park, Henley-upon-Thames, Oxon. The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter, which was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during the Second World War (WW2), and into the 1950s. Produced by the Supermarine subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrongs, the Spitfire was designed by the company's Chief Designer R. J. Mitchell,