Spitfire was the 'word'
Despite being short of them at a desperate time; when the 'books' were written most of the authors were flying Spitfires. At the end of the war they could not even find a Hurricane to lead the BoB flypast over London, and then only one to lead the next. The two BoB films (both made at Kenley) struggled to get Hurricanes until Angels One Five borrowed five 11C's from Portugal to go with LF 363 & two MK1's. The later Reach For The Sky managed with 3,and the 1968 BoB 5 (poss 6)
Statics P2617 and L1592 were 1940 veterans and 1592 was operational during the Kenley raid (now in Science Museum)
When Pobjoy was an Air Cadet at Kenley and the RAF still held 'At Home' days in September, Hawkers Hurricane and Vickers Spitfire used to meet up in the Kenley circuit before running in to do their thing at Biggin. There was no danger from the Kenley Gliders, as us cadet winch drivers were occupied standing on the winch roof jumping up and down with glee.!!