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Which Rolls-Royce engine powered each aircraft? Pick one for each card. Every answer is sourced.

Useless’s field notes: the hangar

A magazine writer called the Spitfire ‘a poem of speed and precision’. Somebody once called me ‘that thing by the stapler’.

— U. (tap me for another)

Thanks for visiting. If you hear a Merlin overhead this summer, look up.

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spitfire.aeroplanes.im is part of the ReallyByte network, run by REALLYBYTE, based in the Isle of Man. General information, checked against the sources listed: the Royal Air Force, the RAF Museum, Imperial War Museums, the Smithsonian, the National Museum of the US Air Force, Ingenium, the Shuttleworth Collection and Britannica. Figures that can change are marked with the date we checked them (29 Oct 2026), and where sources disagree we show both. Photos are public domain or CC0 and credited. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Royal Air Force, the Ministry of Defence, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Rolls-Royce, any successor to Supermarine or Vickers-Armstrongs, or any museum named on this site. Names are used only to identify the aircraft, engines and organisations discussed. Aircraft drawings are our own original stylised graphics, not scale plans. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. No cookies; privacy-friendly visit counts via GoatCounter. Privacy | Contact | Support this site

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