Spitfire Fighter facts
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During the Battle of Britain, German ace Adolf Galland was asked what his pilots needed to defeat the British. He replied "I should like an outfit of Spitfires for my squadron"; Galland had found that the British fighter was much more maneuverable than his own Bf 109 aircraft.
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In 1939, after the German invasion of Poland, the Kingdom of Tonga was among the first to declare war against Germany. Subsequently, in result of a public campaign the society of Tonga funded two Spitfire fighter aircrafts. The Kingdom was ruled at that time by queen Sālote Tupou III
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WW2 fighters like the Spitfire, Mustang and Bf109 were extensively armoured, to the degree late-war spitfires could withstand 20mm AP hits from the rear
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The British used Hurricane and Spitfire fighters to defend their skies. The Spitfire was faster, more nimble, and overall a better plane, but was also produced in far fewer numbers.
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German WW2 pilot Armin Faber who got lost after shooting down a Spitfire and landed in the UK, giving them an intact then-new Fw-190 fighter to study. In a POW camp in Canada he faked epilepsy, was returned to Germany, and resumed front-line combat duty.
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The first British casualty in WW2 was killed by friendly fire, and the first plane shot down by the British Spitfire fighter plane was a British Hurricane fighter plane
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During WWII split peas were used to help optimize the manufacturing of the British Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.
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Split peas were used to compare rivets in the manufacture of Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircrafts
