NASM copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Machine generated contents note: 1. Supermarine -- Origin and the Early Years -- 2.1919 -- Supermarine Meets the Challenge of Peace ...

This title looks at the life and work of Joe Smith, R.J. Mitchell's chief draughtsman and one of the major creative powers behind the Spitfire, the most successful aircraft of the Second World War.

A look at the life and work of aircraft engineer R.J. Mitchell, designer of the British Spitfire fighter, so crucial to British air success during World War II.

Born from R.J. Mitchell’s radical design, the Supermarine Spitfire became Britain’s symbol of defiance in 1940. Its elliptical wings, eight Browning machine guns, and powerful Merlin engine gave it ...