Shaggy Sheep Driver
The Spitfire was 'new technology'; all-metal, stressed skin, thin wing. It went on through many marks of development and was still a front line fighter after WW2.
Recently, I was privileged to be able to inspect a Hurricane in it's 'raw' state and was surprised at how complex the fuselage construction is (based on Hawker Hart I believe) compared with the Spitfire. It would appear to me that the monocoque construction of the Spitfire was a lot simpler.
This got me wondering what the relative build times were for each type - anyone know?