The engine in the Supermarine Spitfire was a Rolls-Royce Merlin that eventually went into America's P-51 Mustang, as well. It ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

When German bombs hit the Spitfire factory building the plane production ground to a sudden halt. There would be no new Spitfires to replace those shot from the skies. As British resistance ...