Supermarine Seafire
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supermarine-seafire-185-13811554
title:
Supermarine Seafire
text:
The Supermarine Seafire is a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. It was analogous in concept to the Hawker Sea Hurricane, a navalised version of the Spitfire's stablemate, the Hawker Hurricane. The name Seafire was derived from the contraction of the full name of Sea Spitfire. A carrier-capable version of the Supermarine Spitfire had been proposed by the Admiralty in May 1938. Despite a pressing need to replace various obsolete types in
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description:
Carrier-based fighter aircraft
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Seafire
date created:
2003-09-15T21:56:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:49:55Z
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