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• A British single-seater fighter designed and produced by the Supermarine division of Vickers-Armstrong Limited from 1938 to 1948
• Canadian aerodynamicist Beverley Shenstone (co-designer of the Harbinger sailplane) contributed to its design
• Flown by many Allied air forces during the Second World War
• Served on all fronts as an interceptor, photo reconnaissance airplane, fighter bomber and carrier-based fighter
• Over 20,000 were built in twenty-four versions, each employed increasingly powerful Rolls-Royce Merlin or Griffon engines
• Achieved legendary status during the Battle of Britain, fighting the Messerschmitt Bf 109
• Flown by George Beurling (the most successful Canadian fighter pilot of the Second World War), who scored twenty-seven victories in two weeks over Malta
• First flight was on March 6, 1936 (prototype)