Thijs Postma - Poster - Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 Battle Of Britain Royal Dutch Navy Try to imagine flying at

Try to imagine flying at night in this unique aircraft in a sky full of search lights and enemy bombers

nickname Mercurius

It was actually only retired in the early 1950s

how comforting that must have been

XXI were captured by the Germans after the Netherlands was overrun and used by the Luftwaffe

Thijs Postma - Poster - Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 Battle Of Britain Royal Dutch Navy Try to imagine flying atDo you want to keep the memories alive when so many had to be grateful for so much to so few? Check out this gouache of a historical scene of Spitfires battling the Germans in August 1940 over the Cliffs of Dover. A Spitfire of No. 610 Squadron downs a Junker Ju 88 and another Spitfire goes after a Messerschmitt Bf 109. The Spitfire was the best fighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force. However, the Hurricane was available in bigger numbers and had the