In effect on April 14, 1979, a young air cadet with an interest in wartime plane crashes struck gold when, in the countryside near his home, he came across a piece of the canopy of a Spitfire from ...

a bubble canopy for enhanced visibility, an enlarged vertical stabilizer, and eventually, the powerful Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. These advancements ensured the Spitfire remained a premier Allied ...