Griffon-powered Spitfire

The Rolls-Royce Griffon engine was designed in answer to Royal Navy specifications for an engine capable of generating good power at low altitudes. Concepts for adapting the Spitfire to take the new engine had begun as far back as October 1939; Joseph Smith felt that "The good big 'un will eventually beat the good little 'un." and Ernest Hives of Rolls-Royce thought that the Griffon would be "a second power string for the Spitfire". The first of the Griffon-engined Spitfires flew on 27 November 1941.

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  Spitfire F21 ⓘ
  1943 fighter aircraft model by Supermarine

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  Spitfire F22 ⓘ
  1945 fighter aircraft model by Supermarine

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  Spitfire F24 ⓘ
  1946 fighter aircraft model by Supermarine

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  Spitfire IV ⓘ
  1941 fighter aircraft model by Supermarine

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  Spitfire XII ⓘ
  1942 fighter aircraft model by Supermarine

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  Spitfire XVIII ⓘ
  1946 fighter aircraft model by Supermarine

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  Spitfire XX ⓘ
  fighter aircraft model by Supermarine

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Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Supermarine Spitfire. CH12726A

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIIs of 41 Sqn

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH12757

Wing Commander Raymond Harries, commanding the Tangmere Wing, in the cockpit of his Spitfire Mk XII, 1943. CH11472

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Supermarine Spitfire. CH12752

15 Supermarine Spitfire M.XII (15812408346)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		Spitfire F21	Griffon-powered Spitfire	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Spitfire F22	Griffon-powered Spitfire	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Spitfire F24	Griffon-powered Spitfire	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Spitfire IV	Griffon-powered Spitfire	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Spitfire XII	Griffon-powered Spitfire	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Spitfire XVIII	Griffon-powered Spitfire	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Spitfire XX	Griffon-powered Spitfire	Wikidata
commons	image		Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Supermarine Spitfire. CH12726A		Commons
commons	image		Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIIs of 41 Sqn		Commons
commons	image		Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH12757		Commons
commons	image		Wing Commander Raymond Harries, commanding the Tangmere Wing, in the cockpit of his Spitfire Mk XII, 1943. CH11472		Commons
commons	image		Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Supermarine Spitfire. CH12752		Commons
commons	image		15 Supermarine Spitfire M.XII (15812408346)		Commons