15 Fast Facts About Supermarine Spitfires

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The Air Ministry Almost Cancelled The Supermarine Spitfire

Here is the first of our “15 Fast Facts About Supermarine Spitfires.” Production was nearly canceled on the Spitfire after 310 aircraft were contracted. Production rates were way off schedule and the Air Ministry made plans to cancel the Spitfire not long after it began, but Supermarine managed to convince them otherwise.