Download or read book Spitfire in Combat written by Alfred Price and published by History Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supermarine Spitfire is probably the most famous fighter aircraft of all time. Its distinctive shape and sound mark it out from most other aircraft of the Second World War period. This work covers aspects of the aircraft's history as diverse and the 'Speed Spitfire', modified in 1938 for an attempt on the world landplane speed record.