First Spitfire Mk I for RAF (1938)

The first production Spitfire Mk I was flown by Jeffrey Quill on 15 May 1938, almost 24 months after the initial order. The operational history of the Spitfire with the RAF began with the first Mk Is K9789, which entered service with 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford on 4 August 1938. The early Mk Is were powered by the 1,030 hp (768 kW) Merlin Mk II engine driving an Aero-Products "Watts" 10 ft 8 in (3.3 m) diameter two-blade wooden fixed-pitch propeller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_(early_Merlin-powered_variants) video AP/British Movietone

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