Great Aircraft of WWII: Supermarine Spitfire [Paperback] Alfred Price

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The Spitfire was designed solely as an air defence interceptor, to engage and destroy enemy bombers attempting to attack targets in the British Isles. It was also ideal as a reconnaissance aircraft, providing photographs and crucial details of enemy involvement. During the six years of World War II, the science of aviation advanced more rapidly than in any other similar period in history. Each of the major warring nations devoted huge resources to enhancing the combat capability of their warplanes, for all knew that victory would depend on the attainment of air superiority. The Spitfire is a truly outstanding combat aircraft of World War II. This book describes its design and development and includes eye witness accounts from pilots who flew it in action.