Originally Posted by
Asturias56
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My copy of "Britain's Wonderful Air Force" - published in 1942 - states "The Supermarine Spitfire... is almost certainly the world's finest single-seater fighter"
Well they would do in 1942....But you are prob right about the feeling at the time. The Spitfire was a leap forward in design and able to be developed continuously, where as the Hurricane was at its limit on older technology? Lot of
PR too too, to keep moral up..