The Supermarine Spitfire – 80 years
Posted on Tuesday 17th April 2012Extracted from Battle Stations and reproduced by permission of Pen and Sword Books Ltd.












Further Reading
Battle Stations
(Hardback - 192 pages)
ISBN: 9780850527490
by Taylor Downing
Only £19.95
The publication of Battle Stations is timed to coincide with the first UK screening of the first four parts of the major new History Channel series of the same name. Each chapter (and each programme) covers one particular legendary weapon system; the Spitfire, the Sherman Tank, DC-3 Dakota and the amphibious DUKW. The story is told from the earliest design stage, through production to its battle-winning use in a particular theatre and phase of the Second World War. The series is as much about the men - and women -…
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