Full name: Spitfire: The Biography

Author: Jonathan Glancey Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781843545286 1843545284

First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britain's defiance of Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940. Flown by pilots of many nations, it saw service as far afield as Australia and the Soviet Union. This work is a celebration of a great British invention, of the men and women who flew it and supported its development.