Supermarine

Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer that produced the Spitfire fighter plane and a range of seaplanes and flying boats.
It was founded in 1913 as Pemberton-Billing Ltd on the River Itchen close to Woolston, Southampton, on ground previously purchased by Noel Pemberton-Billing to construct motor launches. It produced a couple of prototypes using quadruplane designs to shoot down zeppelins, the Supermarine P.B.29 and the Supermarine Nighthawk. The aircraft were fitted with the recoilless Davis gun and the Nighthawk had a separate powerplant to power a searchlight. Upon election as an MP in 1916 Pemberton-Billing sold the company to his factory manager and longtime associate Hubert Scott-Paine who renamed the company Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. The company became famous for its successes in the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes, especially the three wins in a row of 1927, 1929 and 1931.
In 1928 Vickers-Armstrongs took over Supermarine as Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd and in 1938 all Vickers-Armstrongs aviation interests were reorganised to become Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, although Supermarine continued to design, build and trade under its own name. The phrase Vickers Supermarine was applied to the aircraft.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The British Supermarine Spitfire was one of the most popular fighter aircraft of the Second World War. The basic airframe proved to be extremely adaptable, capable of taking far more powerful engines and far greater loads than its original role as a short-range interceptor had allowed for. This would lead to 24 marks of Spitfire, and many sub-variants within the marks, being produced throughout the Second World War and beyond, in continuing efforts to fulfill Royal Air Force requirements and successfully combat ever-improving enemy aircraft.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia, registration N3200, built 1939, serial number 441
Ede, Netherlands, 23 August 2019

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX, registration PH-OUQ, built 1943, serial number CBAF IX.1732
Volkel, Netherlands, 28 May 2017

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe, registration TB885, built ????, serial number CBAF 10917
Vliegbasis Volkel (UDE/EHVK), Uden, Netherlands, 13 June 2019

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