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Spitfire aircraft
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Spitfire_aircraft
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:armament
machine guns
cannons
gptkbp:category
Low-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1936
World War II British aircraft
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew
1
gptkbp:designer
gptkb:R._J._Mitchell
gptkbp:engineType
gptkb:Rolls-Royce_Griffon
gptkb:Rolls-Royce_Merlin
gptkbp:firstFlight
5 March 1936
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Spitfire aircraft
gptkbp:introduced
1938
gptkbp:length
29 ft 11 in (Mk I)
gptkbp:manufacturer
gptkb:Supermarine
gptkbp:maximumSpeed
370 mph (Mk I)
gptkbp:notableFor
Battle of Britain
gptkbp:numberBuilt
20,351
gptkbp:numberOfAxles
elliptical wing
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Yugoslav_Air_Force
gptkb:South_African_Air_Force
gptkb:Swedish_Air_Force
gptkb:Burmese_Air_Force
gptkb:Irish_Air_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkb:French_Air_Force
gptkb:Indian_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Danish_Air_Force
gptkb:Turkish_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Egyptian_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Indian_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Iraqi_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Lebanese_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Pakistani_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Syrian_Air_Force
gptkb:Israeli_Air_Force
gptkb:Yugoslav_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_South_African_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force
gptkb:Soviet_Air_Force
gptkb:Argentine_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
gptkb:Italian_Air_Force
gptkb:Egyptian_Air_Force
gptkb:Portuguese_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Saudi_Air_Force
gptkb:Belgian_Air_Force
gptkb:Polish_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Hellenic_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Jordanian_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Romanian_Air_Force
gptkb:Czechoslovak_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Burmese_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Ceylon_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Hong_Kong_Auxiliary_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Malayan_Air_Force
Royal Thai Air Force
Greek Air Force
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Supermarine_Type_224
gptkbp:primaryUser
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:retired
1961
gptkbp:role
football coach
reconnaissance
interceptor
gptkbp:serviceCeiling
36,500 ft (Mk IX)
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Supermarine_Spiteful
gptkbp:usedIn
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Greek_Civil_War
gptkb:Indonesian_National_Revolution
gptkb:Malayan_Emergency
gptkbp:wingspan
36 ft 10 in (Mk I)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:The_Sentinel,_Birmingham
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6