Visual Timeline: Supermarine Spitfire

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1935 CE: The Supermarine Spitfire prototype is built.
 
1936 CE: First test flight of a Supermarine Spitfire.
 
1938 CE: The first operational Supermarine Sptifires are built.
 
1938 CE: The first RAF Spitfire squadron is formed: No. 19 Squadron based at Duxford.
 
1940 CE: Spitfires are involved in the Dunkirk evacuation.
 
1940 CE: The Battle of Britain (official Air Ministry dates).
 
1954 CE: The RAF's last operational Supermarine Spitfires are withdrawn from service.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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