Vickers-Supermarine Mk I Spitfire, c 1940, with separate Merlin engine.

Made:
1940 in England
Merlin aircraft engine Merlin aircraft engine. Merlin aircraft engine Merlin aircraft engine Merlin aircraft engine. Airframe for Spitfire aircraft. No. P.9444

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Merlin aircraft engine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Merlin aircraft engine.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Merlin aircraft engine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Merlin aircraft engine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Merlin aircraft engine.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Airframe for Spitfire aircraft. No. P.9444
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Spitfire aircraft. No. P.9444. Complete with engine and guns.

Spitfire aircraft. P.9444. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, the Spitfire was integral to Britain's front-line air defence during World War II, and together with the Hawker Hurricane fighter played a key role in the Battle of Britain of 1940.

Details

Category:
Aeronautics
Object Number:
1954-659
type:
aircraft, aeroplanes, engines, military aircraft, fighters, bombers, radioactivity, machine guns and fire-arms
credit:
Air Ministry (Air Historical Branch)

Parts

Merlin aircraft engine

Merlin aircraft engine

Merlin aircraft engine

Object Number:
1954-659 Pt10
type:
engines
Vickers-Supermarine Mk I Spitfire, c 1940, with separate Merlin engine.

Vickers-Supermarine Mk I Spitfire, c 1940, with separate Merlin engine.

Length of piping from Merlin Spitfire aircraft engine (see Pt10)

Object Number:
1954-659 Pt25
type:
components