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Specifications
( Mk VA):
Engine: One 1,478-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin
45 V-12 piston engine
Weight: Empty 4,998 lbs.
Max Takeoff: 6,417 lbs.
Wing Span: 36ft. 10in.
Length: 29ft. 11in.
Height: 9ft. 11in.

Performance:
Maximum Speed: 369 mph
Ceiling: 36,500 ft.
Range: 1,135 miles
Armament: Eight 7.7-mm (0.303-inch) Browning machine guns. (Other variants carried either two cannon and four machine guns; four cannon; or two cannon, two 12.7-mm machine guns, and 1,000 pounds of bombs.)


Number Built: 20,334 Spitfires; 2,556 Seafires.

Number Still Airworthy: ~50



     
     
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