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SPITFI E
Saluting Supermarine’s Masterpiece
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S P E C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N
CELEBRATING BRITAIN’S GREAT FIGHTER
£5.99
AIR-TO-AIR SPECTACULAR - FROM THE LENS OF JOHN DIBBS
MAIDEN FLIGHT OF AN ICON
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HUNTING V-2s
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INSIDE A SPITFIRE FACTORY
WINNING STREAK
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ORIGINS OF THE SPITFIRE
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DOGFIGHTING Bf 109s
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE
PROTOTYPE SPITFIRE WE PRESENT A SPECIAL ‘FLYPAST’ TO CELEBRATE BRITAIN’S
GREATEST FIGHTER. THIS PUBLICATION IS DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO CREATED,
BUILT, MAINTAINED AND FLEW SPITFIRES; FROM 1936 ALL THE WAY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
THE LEGEND LIVES ON.
Image:
COL POPE
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SPITFIRE
AT EIGHTY
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CONTENTS
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Went the day well?
Five men all with good reason to smile – the prototype Spitfire had just
flown. Ken Ellis sets the scene.
In Their Element
From Mk.I to Mk.XIX and Seafires, renowned photographer John
Dibbs has captured them all – air-to-air. Throughout this special
publication, we present a portfolio of John’s tribute to Supermarine’s
masterpiece.
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16 Winning Streak
Daniel Ford shows how the Supermarine racing floatplanes paved the
way for the Spitfire.
22 Milestones
Charting the development and evolution of Britain’s greatest fighter.
34 Rhodesia’s Eagles
Andrew Thomas outlines the exploits of the Rhodesian manned 266
Squadron.
42 Your Highness...
Adopted by the Indian state of Baroda, 124 Squadron regularly
updated the Maharaja on the exploits of ‘his’ unit, as Andrew Thomas
recounts.
52 By the Thousand
Jonathan Garraway examines the vast Castle Bromwich Spitfire factory
and its prodigious output.
60 Under Many Flags
From Argentina to Yugoslavia, and many countries in between,
Spitfires and Seafires were widely exported – witness this selection.
66 Between a Rock and a Hard Place
During 1947 and 1948 the RAF was in the middle of a power struggle
in Palestine. Graham Pitchfork describes a situation that saw Spitfires
fighting Spitfires.
80 Alone, Unarmed and in Harm’s Way
Graham Pitchfork profiles a trio of pilots whose task was typical of an
unsung but vital intelligence-gathering role.
88 Founding Fathers
Josh Lyman explains how the last Spitfires ‘working’ for the RAF
transferred to the nascent Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
92 Hooked and Folded
A portfolio of Seafires – the naval version of the Spitfire.
Below right
Across the world restored Spitfires continue to
turn heads whenever they take to the air. The Aero
Legends Mk.IX TD314 (G-CGYJ) ‘St George’ in the
colours of 234 Squadron getting ready for a sortie
from Duxford.
COL POPE
Edited by:
Ken Ellis
Group Editor:
Nigel Price
Art Editor:
Mike Carr
Chief Designer:
Steve Donovan
Production Editor:
Sue Blunt
Deputy Production Editor:
Carol Randall
Production Manager:
Janet Watkins
Advertisement Manager:
Alison Sanders
Advertising Production:
Debi McGowan
Group Advertisement Manager:
Brodie Baxter
Marketing Executive:
Shaun Binnington
Marketing Manager:
Martin Steele
Commercial Director:
Ann Saundry
Managing Director and Publisher:
Adrian Cox
Executive Chairman:
Richard Cox
Contacts
Key Publishing Ltd, PO Box 100, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 1XQ.
Tel 01780 755131
Email flypast@keypublishing.com
www.keypublishing.com
Distribution:
Seymour Distribution Ltd, 2 Poultry
Avenue, London EC1A 9PP. Tel 020 74294000
Printed by:
Warners (Midland) plc, The Maltings,
Bourne, Lincs, PE10 9PH
The entire contents of
Spitfire 80
is
copyright © 2016.
No part of it may be reproduced in any form or stored
on any form of retrieval system without the prior
permission of the publisher.
Published by:
Key Publishing Ltd – see above
Printed in England

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