2009 February

Spitfire Site

Archive for February, 2009

Added during 2009

2009-02-16

Click on the image to enlarge 1941 advertisment for Rotol constant-speed propellers, by the standards of the era referred to as “airscrew”. The introduction ...

2009-02-16

Click on the image to enlarge 1941 advertisement of Rolls-Royce aero engines, showing the proud profile view of the Merlin (believed to be the ...

2009-02-15

Click to enlarge image A pastoral scene from Sicily showing temporary airfield of No. 417 Squadron RCAF at a farm near Lentini. An Italian ...

2009-02-15

Click to enlarge image A line of Spitfires Mk. Vc of No. 253 Squadron undergoing service and repair in Italy, 19 July 1944. Note ...

2009-02-15

Click to enlarge image A Spitfire of a French Squadron of the Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force flying over southern France during the autumn ...

2009-02-11

Click to enlarge images Here is a Spitfire HF Mk. VII undergoing tests at NACA Langley in the United States. Both photographs have been ...

2009-02-03

Click on the image to enlarge The newest work by aviation artist James Baldwin is this pencil drawing showing the aerial duel between F/Lt ...