The Supermarine Spitfire is one of the most famous aircraft to take part in World War II. Designed in the mid-1930s by R.J Mitchell he never saw it enter service as he died in 1937. However the aircraft went on to be produced in 24 variants totalling over 20,000 aircraft. Alongside the Hawker Hurricane it played a key role in the Battle of Britain. Alongside the beefy Hurricane the Spitfire is a slim and shapely aeroplane.

This photo CD contains 91 images, all 3000x2000 (approx) showing details of the oldest surviving Spitfire Mk. 1, K9942, currently on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford. Photos include details of:

• Whole airframe - taken from points all around the aircraft (16)
• Fuselage features - close-ups (3)
• Engine exhausts and propeller (6)
• Cockpit canopy (8)
• Cockpit interior and instrument panel (8)
• Radiators (7)
• Wings and navigation lights (19)
• undercarriage (11)
• Tailplane, rudder and trim tabs (13)

The CD also contains 35 bonus pictures of two Spitfires in flight currently active on the airshow circuit - PR XI PL965 and the two-seat Spitfire PT462 (originally a mark IX).