R.J. Mitchell: Schooldays to Spitfire : The Story of How the Spitfire Was Designed, Built and Tested and How Close it Came to Not Happening at All

The Spitfire began as a near disaster. The developments of this famous aircraft took it from uncompromising beginnings to become the legendary last memorial to a great man - an elegant and, with its pilots, a highly effective, weapon of war. The Spitfire would not have happened at all, however, with