Spitfire (2018)

Cast

Charles Dance
as Narrator

Get more information about Spitfire (2018) on IMDb

Genres & Description

Documentary History War

7.5 / 10

The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.

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marek marek

remember Squadron 303 - @Wednesday, November 21, 2018 6:57 PM

marek marek

https://youtu.be/7XleyGF16lM - @Wednesday, November 21, 2018 6:50 PM

marek marek

https://youtu.be/yrmwDyZMcZo - Squadron 303 - @Wednesday, November 21, 2018 6:42 PM

marek marek

remember Squadron 303 - @Wednesday, November 21, 2018 6:40 PM

Jim Crawford

Such moaning! We are all here ar'nt we? stop bitching and remember them! I was born then and survived, I am still here and so are a lot of others who would not be Bitching here. be thankful you are alive and better off than our mothers and fathers were! - @Wednesday, November 21, 2018 9:22 AM

milcoll73

right place, right plane, right time. - @Monday, November 19, 2018 6:00 AM

Jon Smith

Lucky for the Spitfire, huh? Otherwise Britain and Europe would have been overrun with foreigners that would have changed Europe forever..... - @Sunday, November 18, 2018 5:07 AM

Mordred's Quest

The most beautiful fighter in the world, From it's beautiful lines to it's power plant...Marriage made in heaven just listening to this machine brings tears to your eyes before you even see it flying.. Thankyou. - @Friday, November 16, 2018 8:31 AM

Dean

"We shall fight with growing confidence, and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whether the cost may be. We shall never, surrender!" 🇬🇧 - @Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:02 AM

andy morris

i want to see this film and the hurricane 303 squadron film at cinema....but it doesnt seem to have reached uk cinemas yet - @Thursday, November 8, 2018 6:20 PM

brettfavreify

With respect to this gentleman, when I hear Brits talk about facing down "this monster" alone, there were a bunch of Canadians (and other Commonwealth countries, Free French, Poles, etc) who kept England supplied with pilots, soldiers, planes, vehicles and food grown on the Canadian prairies and built in Canadian factories. - @Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:13 PM

Deaf Smith

Hate to tell you folks but the Hurricane had something to do with the BoB to. - @Monday, November 5, 2018 3:02 AM

Barrie Rodliffe

A wonderful film, even my wife enjoyed it and she is not very interested in aircraft or the war. - @Sunday, November 4, 2018 11:46 PM

Warbird Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0MAv1CHDy8 - @Thursday, November 1, 2018 6:02 AM

TAE SI MUHAMMAD AT ALLAH

MUSLIMS CONQUERED BRITAIN - @Tuesday, October 30, 2018 3:19 AM

LA CAJA SOLAR monedas

interesante - @Friday, October 26, 2018 12:12 AM

Martin

The Spitfires Symbolise Not One Step Back, No Surrender, I Salute The Few Thank You. - @Thursday, October 25, 2018 3:07 PM

40thStangGT

Beautiful plane but not a P-51 Mustang which help win the Airwar in Europe and the Pacific - @Wednesday, October 24, 2018 3:14 AM

TeslaAtoms

at 1:23 it looks like the wings have been capped?? can someone explain? - @Monday, October 22, 2018 8:16 PM

Rafael Ferreira

Mas os P 51 mustang mudou a historia - @Friday, October 19, 2018 2:07 AM

Brian Barratt

William Dunn (US fighter ace who flew Spitfires, P-51s, Hurricanes, and P-47s): "Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others - one that I'd rather have tied to the seat of my pants in any tactical situation - it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire." Eric Brown (RN test pilot and holder of the world record for number of types of aircraft flown): "I have flown both for many hours, and would choose the Spitfire [over the Mustang] if given a choice in a fight to the death." Writer Jerry Scutts, quoting German pilots in his book JG 54: "The Jagflieger had to keep a wary eye out for enemy fighters, particularly Spitfires, a type JG 54's pilots had developed a particular aversion to...Pilot reflections do not, surprisingly enough, reflect over-much respect for the Mustang or Lightning, both of which the Germans reckoned their Fockes were equal to - unless they were met in substantial numbers." Gordon Levitt, Israeli fighter pilot, comparing the Spitfire, Mustang, and Avia S-199 (Jumo-engined Bf 109), all of which the Israelis flew: "Despite the pros and cons, the Spitfire was everyone's first choice." Karl Stein, Luftwaffe Fw 190 pilot (who served mainly on the Eastern front): "English and American aircraft appeared on the scene in those closing days of the European war. Spitfires were the most feared, then Mustangs..." USAAF 31st FG War Diary (when transferring from Spitfires to P-51s): "Although pilots think that the P-51 is the best American fighter, they think the Spitfire VIII is the best fighter in the air." USAAF pilot Charles McCorkle (who flew both in combat), reporting on a mock combat between a Spitfire and Mustang in 1944: "Now we could see which was the better aircraft...a Mustang and a Spit took off for a scheduled 'combat', flown by two top young flight commanders. When the fighters returned, the pilots had to agree that the Spitfire had won the joust. The Spit could easily outclimb, outaccelerate, and outmaneuver its opponent..." - @Sunday, October 14, 2018 4:48 PM

Arzoo Othwal

The spitfire is like the good looking child of the family....always admired and always getting talked about and cherished .. while the hurricane is the average/ugly child who works hard with dedication and gets little attention. Hurricane all the way. - @Friday, October 12, 2018 10:53 AM

GateCrasher

World's most iconic plane - @Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7:14 PM

Alan Hutchins

Get Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes ( ironic eh?), paint it in camoflague and stick a couple of machine guns on it and practically it was the same thing.!!!.....they put a F1 racing car into a war.......silly Brits.... - @Tuesday, October 9, 2018 5:46 PM

zgrace Wood

R. J Mitchell is my great uncle, he will always be remembered as one of the greatest war plane inventors ❤️rip❤️ - @Saturday, September 29, 2018 10:08 PM

12KCharlie

What about polish pilots from 303, forget their ? - @Saturday, September 29, 2018 11:58 AM

FxuerxesF_2953

Goosebumps - @Wednesday, September 26, 2018 6:28 PM

Adam P

That’s what a real hero looks like - @Wednesday, September 26, 2018 6:25 PM

forestsoceansmusic

Just as much as the plane was the new tactics introduced by 'Tin Legs' Bader against many stuffy commanders in the RAF, but luckily the topmost brass supported his tactics (outlined in his book). Bader was also the symbol of 'never surrender', returning to the fight after losing one, then the other leg! One of the toughest most fearless men in history. - @Tuesday, September 25, 2018 2:38 PM

Joppe de Bruyn

0:42 looks to me more like a Hurricane - @Tuesday, September 25, 2018 11:05 AM

math4U1234

You chaps stopped Hitler dead in his tracks, but can't stop the Muslim invasion. - @Monday, September 24, 2018 6:22 PM

wutang6020

70.years latter and the nazis rule European and most of the world, British freedom? What like arresting people for speech? Sorry lads but it was all for nothing! - @Monday, September 24, 2018 10:13 AM

Si Pemberton

Can't beliebe 240 odd idiots gave this the thumbs down? They must be these millenial douchebags who have zero respect for anything further away than the end of their own nose. - @Monday, September 24, 2018 2:27 AM

Marko Jotic

Another factoid: Its the BF109, even after Messerschmitt started his own company it was officially the BF109 and unofficially the ME109. - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 8:49 PM

Pipito Paerata

Forgetting Australia/NZ/Canada/Poland et al how soon ppl forget - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 8:47 PM

Marko Jotic

Just to throw a monkey wrench in the discussion: Saying either plane was outdated is ridiculous considering they served in various air forces right into the jet age. Both were outclassed at the end of the war but were still effective, the Merlin was outclassed at the end of the war but was still effective. There are tons of good documentaries on YouTube that would explain everything, like the fact that Hurricane pilots downed 109s and Spitfires downed bombers, when flying through a formation they shot at whatever was in front of them. - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 8:41 PM

Troy Hudson

Epic, the finest piloted by the finest ! - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 7:48 PM

littlebighorn

They will always be remembered. . The Armed Forces of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. . - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 5:16 PM

68JCodeCougar

If Hitler hadn't made the mistake of attacking civilian targets it would have been all over in a matter of weeks. - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 4:14 PM

Cristian Valenzuela

Shame nobody has it on DVD or something - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 10:21 AM

Shoikan

I wonder if the polish squadron that racked up more kills than any (or at the very least most) other squadron during the BoB gets mentioned, or if that will be conveniently ignored... - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 9:28 AM

nigel mitchell

Any European BB pilots still with us? - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 9:05 AM

Gandhi's Flip-Flop

I downloaded this film the other day. If you haven't watched it in it's entirety then, I highly recommend you do so. - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 6:44 AM

John Scanlon

my mother's first cousin was a Spitfire pilot in WW2 and the Battle of Britain, His name was Wing Commander Ronnie Ecclestone. He survived WW2 and became a test pilot after the war. He was awarded 2 DFCs. - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 5:54 AM

Marcelo C.

Salve BF 109... A verdadeira máquina de guerra. - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 12:01 AM

I.C Hall

I remember working at Rolls Royce Motor cars in Crewe in the late 80's , one day a spitfire flew over the factory , it then went on to do a 10-15 show flying down the avenues of the factory grounds between all the different work shops , the sound of the merlin engine is one of the best and most recognisable sounds in the world - @Saturday, September 22, 2018 10:57 PM

Christopher Smith

So sad, what was it all for? We're being bullied now aren't we? Over taken by lowlifes, too scared and forbidden to complain now. - @Saturday, September 22, 2018 4:58 PM

ϟhrike ϟtrike

This sounds incredible but... Let’s pray that it doesn’t become redtails - @Saturday, September 22, 2018 2:44 PM

Anglo Saxon

20th Century Excaliber! - @Saturday, September 22, 2018 7:42 AM

Thero Hugin

One of my favourite spitfire related biographies is by Canadian RCAF Hugh Godefroy 'Lucky 13' - @Saturday, September 22, 2018 4:50 AM