[Artist]

I would have not wanted to have gone into battle with any other fighter but a Spitfire in 1940. At the time it was the best all around fighter in the sky. Compared to the Hurricane it was twice as likely to survive contact with the enemy.The Hurricane was fine fighter but any pilots I have read about , that flew both, prefered the Spitfire. Men like Tuck, Brothers and Bader all liked the Spit over the Hurricane. The mark 9 was one of the best fighters of the war. As for the Typhoon and Tempest, they were fast, greatly armed and were amazing air to ground fighters but were not great at fighter against fighter.