http://shop.rexfeatures.com Rex Features Print Store > Transport > Spitfire http://shop.rexfeatures.com/templates/rex/images/printlogo.jpg http://shop.rexfeatures.com/templates/rex/images/mobilogo.gif Copyright Rex Features - All Rights Reserved 2008-11-21T05:35:12Z en-gb 86400 Digital Media Commerce Server from Media Storehouse Ltd Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features SPITFIRE SPITFIRE 50TH ANNIVERSARY - 1986 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT MILITARY VETERAN FLYING 122824b > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498211/SPITFIRE-50TH-ANNIVERSARY-1986.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498211/498211.jpg 2007-07-22T05:22:28Z dmcs-498211 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features SPITFIRE PILOTS SCRAMBLE AND RUN TO THEIR AIRCRAFT DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN VARIOUS - 1940 WWII SECOND FIGHTER VARIOUS WORLD WAR 211141a > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498212/VARIOUS-1940.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498212/498212.jpg 2007-07-22T05:22:40Z dmcs-498212 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Herbie Knott / Rex Features SPITFIRE PLANES IN THE SKY WORLD WAR II SPITFIRES USED IN FILMING TV PROGRAMME 'A PIECE OF CAKE', BRITAIN - 1987 / 88 AIRCRAFT 325444a > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498213/WORLD-WAR-II-SPITFIRES-USED-IN-FILMING-TV-PROGRAMME-A-PIECE-OF-CAKE-BRITAIN-1987-88.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498213/498213.jpg 2007-07-22T05:22:43Z dmcs-498213 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Herbie Knott / Rex Features SPITFIRE PLANES IN THE SKY WORLD WAR II SPITFIRES USED IN FILMING TV PROGRAMME 'A PIECE OF CAKE', BRITAIN - 1987 / 88 AIRCRAFT 325444d > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498214/WORLD-WAR-II-SPITFIRES-USED-IN-FILMING-TV-PROGRAMME-A-PIECE-OF-CAKE-BRITAIN-1987-88.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498214/498214.jpg 2007-07-22T05:22:49Z dmcs-498214 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Herbie Knott / Rex Features A SPITFIRE IN THE SKY WORLD WAR II SPITFIRES USED IN FILMING TV PROGRAMME 'A PIECE OF CAKE', BRITAIN - 1987 / 88 AIRCRAFT 325444e > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498215/WORLD-WAR-II-SPITFIRES-USED-IN-FILMING-TV-PROGRAMME-A-PIECE-OF-CAKE-BRITAIN-1987-88.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498215/498215.jpg 2007-07-22T05:22:55Z dmcs-498215 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Herbie Knott / Rex Features SPITFIRE PLANE IN THE SKY WORLD WAR II SPITFIRES USED IN FILMING TV PROGRAMME 'A PIECE OF CAKE', BRITAIN - 1987 / 88 AIRCRAFT 325444j > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498216/WORLD-WAR-II-SPITFIRES-USED-IN-FILMING-TV-PROGRAMME-A-PIECE-OF-CAKE-BRITAIN-1987-88.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498216/498216.jpg 2007-07-22T05:23:00Z dmcs-498216 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Herbie Knott / Rex Features SPITFIRE PLANES IN THE SKY WORLD WAR II SPITFIRES USED IN FILMING TV PROGRAMME 'A PIECE OF CAKE', BRITAIN - 1987 / 88 AIRCRAFT 325444k > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498217/WORLD-WAR-II-SPITFIRES-USED-IN-FILMING-TV-PROGRAMME-A-PIECE-OF-CAKE-BRITAIN-1987-88.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498217/498217.jpg 2007-07-22T05:23:06Z dmcs-498217 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Herbie Knott / Rex Features SPITFIRE PLANES IN THE SKY WORLD WAR II SPITFIRES USED IN FILMING TV PROGRAMME 'A PIECE OF CAKE', BRITAIN - 1987 / 88 AIRCRAFT 325444m > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498218/WORLD-WAR-II-SPITFIRES-USED-IN-FILMING-TV-PROGRAMME-A-PIECE-OF-CAKE-BRITAIN-1987-88.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498218/498218.jpg 2007-07-22T05:38:29Z dmcs-498218 Mandatory Credit: Photo by PAUL COOPER / Rex Features WWII RAF SPITFIRE - 15 JUN 2003 PARIS AIRSHOW, FRANCE - 15 JUN 2003 AIRCRAFT VETERAN VINTAGE PARIS AIRSHOW FRANCE - JUN 2003 419371f > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498219/PARIS-AIRSHOW-FRANCE-15-JUN-2003.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498219/498219.jpg 2007-07-22T05:38:34Z dmcs-498219 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features Supermarine Spitfire 'WARBIRDS OVER WANAKA' INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW, WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND - 10 APR 2004 AIRCRAFT WARBIRDS OVER WANAKA INTERNATIONAL SHOW WANAKA NEW ZEALAND - 10 APR 2004 449748g > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498220/WARBIRDS-OVER-WANAKA-INTERNATIONAL-AIRSHOW-WANAKA-NEW-ZEALAND-10-APR-2004.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498220/498220.jpg 2007-07-22T05:38:38Z dmcs-498220 Mandatory Credit: Photo by MARCUS LIPMAN / Rex Features SPITFIRE MK IX 'BATTLE OF BRITAIN' AIR SHOW, BIGGIN HILL AIRFIELD, KENT, BRITAIN - 19 SEP 2004 AIRCRAFT 496927j > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498221/BATTLE-OF-BRITAIN-AIR-SHOW-BIGGIN-HILL-AIRFIELD-KENT-BRITAIN-19-SEP-2004.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498221/498221.jpg 2007-07-22T05:38:46Z dmcs-498221 Mandatory Credit: Photo by CARL FOX / Rex Features SPITFIRES THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AIR SHOW, BIGGIN HILL, KENT, BRITAIN - 19 SEP 2004 AIRCRAFT UNIFORM SPITFIRE ROYAL AIR FORCE 497013i > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498222/THE-BATTLE-OF-BRITAIN-AIR-SHOW-BIGGIN-HILL-KENT-BRITAIN-19-SEP-2004.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498222/498222.jpg 2007-07-22T05:38:49Z dmcs-498222 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features Spitfire aircraft THE GOODWOOD REVIVAL, BRITAIN - 05 SEP 2004 497461c > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498223/THE-GOODWOOD-REVIVAL-BRITAIN-05-SEP-2004.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498223/498223.jpg 2007-07-22T05:38:53Z dmcs-498223 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features Spitfire and Thunderbolt Aircraft VARIOUS - 2004 2ND WORLD WAR SECOND II 2 WAR PLANES WWII WW2 VARIOUS - 2004 501948u > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498224/VARIOUS-2004.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498224/498224.jpg 2007-07-22T05:38:59Z dmcs-498224 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Singh / Rex Features The Biggin Hill Air show - Spitfire pilots after their display re enacting scenes from World War II THE BIGGIN HILL AIR SHOW, KENT, BRITAIN - SEP 2005 PILOT AIRCRAFT VINTAGE VETERAN RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE 547410a > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498225/THE-BIGGIN-HILL-AIR-SHOW-KENT-BRITAIN-SEP-2005.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498225/498225.jpg 2007-07-22T05:39:05Z dmcs-498225 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features A sculpture of the designer of the Spitfire aircraft, RJ Mitchell, commissioned by Sidney Frank. The sculpture is an exhibit in the Spitfire Gallery of the Science Museum in London SCULPTURE OF RJ MITCHELL, DESIGNER OF THE SPITFIRE, AT THE SPITFIRE GALLERY OF THE SCIENCE MUSEUM, LONDON, BRITAIN - 14 SEP 2005 ART STATUE INTERIOR MODEL 549080f > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498226/SCULPTURE-OF-RJ-MITCHELL-DESIGNER-OF-THE-SPITFIRE-AT-THE-SPITFIRE-GALLERY-OF-THE-SCIENCE-MUSEUM-L.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498226/498226.jpg 2007-07-22T05:39:08Z dmcs-498226 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features Spitfires AIRSHOW AT DUXFORD AIRFIELD, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, BRITAIN - 16 OCT 2005 BRITISH RAF WWII VETERAN VINTAGE AIRCRAFT SPITFIRE 555778b > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498227/AIRSHOW-AT-DUXFORD-AIRFIELD-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-BRITAIN-16-OCT-2005.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498227/498227.jpg 2007-07-22T05:54:37Z dmcs-498227 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features Spitfires. Members of the OPS 1940 RAF Living History Group walk along the flight line in front of the Spitfires. AIRSHOW AT DUXFORD AIRFIELD, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, BRITAIN - 16 OCT 2005 BRITISH RAF WWII VETERAN VINTAGE AIRCRAFT SPITFIRE MEMBER 555778e > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498228/AIRSHOW-AT-DUXFORD-AIRFIELD-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-BRITAIN-16-OCT-2005.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498228/498228.jpg 2007-07-22T05:54:42Z dmcs-498228 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features Spitfires AIRSHOW AT DUXFORD AIRFIELD, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, BRITAIN - 16 OCT 2005 BRITISH RAF WWII VETERAN VINTAGE AIRCRAFT SPITFIRE MIST 555778f > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498229/AIRSHOW-AT-DUXFORD-AIRFIELD-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-BRITAIN-16-OCT-2005.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498229/498229.jpg 2007-07-22T05:54:49Z dmcs-498229 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features Spitfires AIRSHOW AT DUXFORD AIRFIELD, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, BRITAIN - 16 OCT 2005 BRITISH RAF WWII VETERAN VINTAGE AIRCRAFT SPITFIRE 555778n > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498230/AIRSHOW-AT-DUXFORD-AIRFIELD-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-BRITAIN-16-OCT-2005.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498230/498230.jpg 2007-07-22T05:54:55Z dmcs-498230 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hugh W. Cowin / Rex Features RAF Vickers - Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire Mk XXII - 1945 Enemy's view! SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE - 1930S - 1940S AIRCRAFT 574590a > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498231/SUPERMARINE-SPITFIRE-1930S-1940S.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498231/498231.jpg 2007-07-22T05:54:59Z dmcs-498231 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hugh W. Cowin / Rex Features RAF Vickers - Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire Mk XXII (near) and two Mk XXI s - 1944 / 1945 SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE - 1930S - 1940S AIRCRAFT 574590b > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498232/SUPERMARINE-SPITFIRE-1930S-1940S.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498232/498232.jpg 2007-07-22T05:55:07Z dmcs-498232 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hugh W. Cowin / Rex Features RAF Vickers - Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire Mk XII - 1942 / 1943 SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE - 1930S - 1940S AIRCRAFT 574590c > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498233/SUPERMARINE-SPITFIRE-1930S-1940S.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498233/498233.jpg 2007-07-22T05:55:15Z dmcs-498233 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hugh W. Cowin / Rex Features RAF Vickers - Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX, This Spitfire IX is being 'bombed - up' with one 500 lb and two 250 lb bombs on a operation in Normandy, addition to two 20mm cannon and two .5 Browning machine guns. - Aug 1944 SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE - 1930S - 1940S AIRCRAFT BOMB LOADING 574590e > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498234/SUPERMARINE-SPITFIRE-1930S-1940S.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498234/498234.jpg 2007-07-22T06:21:30Z dmcs-498234 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hugh W. Cowin / Rex Features RAF Vickers - Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB (tropical) in North Africa, being serviced - 1941 / 1942 SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE - 1930S - 1940S AIRCRAFT SERVICING 574590f > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498235/SUPERMARINE-SPITFIRE-1930S-1940S.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498235/498235.jpg 2007-07-22T06:21:38Z dmcs-498235 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hugh W. Cowin / Rex Features RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA Assembly Hall, Castle Bromwich factory - Feb 1941 SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE - 1930S - 1940S AIRCRAFT 574590h > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498236/SUPERMARINE-SPITFIRE-1930S-1940S.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498236/498236.jpg 2007-07-22T06:21:46Z dmcs-498236 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hugh W. Cowin / Rex Features RAF Vickers - Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire LF XVI, a derivative of the LF IXE, with increased fuel tankage and powered by a Packard built Merlin 266 engine. Here in its post - war overall silver finish, operated by Central Gunnery School, Flying Training Command SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE - 1930S - 1940S AIRCRAFT 574590o > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498237/SUPERMARINE-SPITFIRE-1930S-1940S.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498237/498237.jpg 2007-07-22T06:21:55Z dmcs-498237 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hugh W. Cowin / Rex Features RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk IA, No. 609 Squadron 'County of West Riding' Squadron - 1939 / 1940. Testing of the Browning .303 machine guns SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE - 1930S - 1940S AIRCRAFT 574590q > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498238/SUPERMARINE-SPITFIRE-1930S-1940S.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498238/498238.jpg 2007-07-22T06:22:12Z dmcs-498238 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features The 70th Anniversary of the first flight of a Spitfire is marked by a celebration flight over Southampton, the home of the aircraft. The landmark occasion was attended by 93-year-old Alex Henshaw, the last surviving Spitfire test pilot. Mr Henshaw, of Newmarket, Suffolk, was the aircraft's principle test pilot for most of the war, from the Battle of Britain in 1940 onwards. The Spitfire's maiden flight took place four years earlier at Eastleigh Airfield, which is now Southampton International Airport. In a re-enactment of that day, the five planes flew together for eight minutes from 4.35pm. "For me this is really full circle, as I first flew the Spitfire from Eastleigh on my birthday in November 1939," said Mr Henshaw. "This is the last time I will go up in one, so it's very nostalgic. I am feeling my age and it's not good having ideas in the mind that the body cannot carry out." The former test pilot compared the Spitfire to a thoroughbred racehorse. "With a thoroughbred racehorse as you know, if it's got a tender mouth it'll respond or it will reject it or resent it. And a Spitfire was exactly like that. If you treated a Spitfire badly, it would tell you." And he added: "The Spitfire is the most outstanding low wing monoplane ever built. The Hurricane was a fantastic aircraft and contributed as much as the Spitfire, but although the Spitfire didn't win the war, it would have been lost without it." THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FLIGHT OF A SPITFIRE, SOUTHAMPTON, BRITAIN - 05 MAR 2006 EX FORMER WWII 2ND WORLD WAR SECOND TWO VETERAN RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE 577136a > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498239/THE-70TH-ANNIVERSARY-OF-THE-FIRST-FLIGHT-OF-A-SPITFIRE-SOUTHAMPTON-BRITAIN-05-MAR-2006.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498239/498239.jpg 2007-07-22T06:22:27Z dmcs-498239 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features The 70th Anniversary of the first flight of a Spitfire is marked by a celebration flight over Southampton, the home of the aircraft. The landmark occasion was attended by 93-year-old Alex Henshaw, the last surviving Spitfire test pilot. Mr Henshaw, of Newmarket, Suffolk, was the aircraft's principle test pilot for most of the war, from the Battle of Britain in 1940 onwards. The Spitfire's maiden flight took place four years earlier at Eastleigh Airfield, which is now Southampton International Airport. In a re-enactment of that day, the five planes flew together for eight minutes from 4.35pm. "For me this is really full circle, as I first flew the Spitfire from Eastleigh on my birthday in November 1939," said Mr Henshaw. "This is the last time I will go up in one, so it's very nostalgic. I am feeling my age and it's not good having ideas in the mind that the body cannot carry out." The former test pilot compared the Spitfire to a thoroughbred racehorse. "With a thoroughbred racehorse as you know, if it's got a tender mouth it'll respond or it will reject it or resent it. And a Spitfire was exactly like that. If you treated a Spitfire badly, it would tell you." And he added: "The Spitfire is the most outstanding low wing monoplane ever built. The Hurricane was a fantastic aircraft and contributed as much as the Spitfire, but although the Spitfire didn't win the war, it would have been lost without it." THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FLIGHT OF A SPITFIRE, SOUTHAMPTON, BRITAIN - 05 MAR 2006 EX FORMER WWII 2ND WORLD WAR SECOND TWO VETERAN RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE 577136b > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498240/THE-70TH-ANNIVERSARY-OF-THE-FIRST-FLIGHT-OF-A-SPITFIRE-SOUTHAMPTON-BRITAIN-05-MAR-2006.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498240/498240.jpg 2007-07-22T06:22:33Z dmcs-498240 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features The 70th Anniversary of the first flight of a Spitfire is marked by a celebration flight over Southampton, the home of the aircraft. Five of the revolutionary war planes, which helped the Allied forces to victory in the Second World War, took off simultaneously 70 years to the minute after the first Spitfire flight. The Spitfire's maiden flight took place four years earlier at Eastleigh Airfield, which is now Southampton International Airport. In a re-enactment of that day, the five planes flew together for eight minutes from 4.35pm THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FLIGHT OF A SPITFIRE, SOUTHAMPTON, BRITAIN - 05 MAR 2006 WWII 2ND WORLD WAR SECOND TWO VETERAN ROYAL AIR FORCE RAF V FORMATION 577136d > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498241/THE-70TH-ANNIVERSARY-OF-THE-FIRST-FLIGHT-OF-A-SPITFIRE-SOUTHAMPTON-BRITAIN-05-MAR-2006.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498241/498241.jpg 2007-07-22T06:22:40Z dmcs-498241 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features The 70th Anniversary of the first flight of a Spitfire is marked by a celebration flight over Southampton, the home of the aircraft. Five of the revolutionary war planes, which helped the Allied forces to victory in the Second World War, took off simultaneously 70 years to the minute after the first Spitfire flight. The Spitfire's maiden flight took place four years earlier at Eastleigh Airfield, which is now Southampton International Airport. In a re-enactment of that day, the five planes flew together for eight minutes from 4.35pm THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FLIGHT OF A SPITFIRE, SOUTHAMPTON, BRITAIN - 05 MAR 2006 WWII 2ND WORLD WAR SECOND TWO VETERAN ROYAL AIR FORCE RAF V FORMATION 577136e > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498242/THE-70TH-ANNIVERSARY-OF-THE-FIRST-FLIGHT-OF-A-SPITFIRE-SOUTHAMPTON-BRITAIN-05-MAR-2006.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498242/498242.jpg 2007-07-22T06:22:45Z dmcs-498242 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features 'SAILOR' MALAN IN 1943 IN HIS SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT DURING WORLD WAR II BRITAIN WARTIME WWII SOUTH AFRICAN RAF PILOT ACE 80943a > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498243/SAILOR-MALAN-IN-1943-IN-HIS-SPITFIRE-AIRCRAFT-DURING-WORLD-WAR-II-BRITAIN.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498243/498243.jpg 2007-07-22T06:22:49Z dmcs-498243 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features SPITFIRE FIGHTER , 1942. WORLD WAR II 2 TWO AIRCRAFT PILOTS 80973a > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498244/SPITFIRE-FIGHTER-1942.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498244/498244.jpg 2007-07-22T06:22:55Z dmcs-498244 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features SPITFIRE FIGHTER "ACE" SQUADRON LEADER D.E. KINGABY, 1943. WORLD WAR II 2 TWO IN COCKPIT WITH GROUND CREW 80976a > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498245/SPITFIRE-FIGHTER-ACE-SQUADRON-LEADER-DE-KINGABY-1943.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498245/498245.jpg 2007-07-22T06:23:00Z dmcs-498245 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features SPITFIRE FIGHTER "ACE" D.E. KINGABY, 1943. SPITFIRE FIGHTER "ACE" D.E. KINGABY, 1943. WORLD WAR II 2 TWO PILOT IN COCKPIT OF AIRCRAFT 80977a > Transport > Spitfire THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498246/SPITFIRE-FIGHTER-ACE-DE-KINGABY-1943.html http://shop.rexfeatures.com/pictures_498246/498246.jpg 2007-07-22T06:23:05Z dmcs-498246