Military vehicle collection

Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XIV

The first Spitfire joined the British RAF in 1936. Over the years this remarkable fighter aircraft was improved further. In 1943 the Mk. XIV (= 14th version) entered service. It turned out to be a superb V-1 flying bomb interceptor: the Dutch pilot Rudy Burgwal (RAF 322 Squadron) took down five V-1’s on July 8th, 1944. Unfortunately, Burgwal himself was shot down over France one month later and got killed.