In 1936 the brilliant designer R. J. MITCHELL gave Britain her most famous fighter of World War II. Raymond Baxter recalls the battle for supremacy between the Spitfire and the German Me 109 -with contributions from Air Vice-Marshal
'Johnnie' Johnson
Group Captain Douglas Bader
Wing Commander R. Stanford-Tuck Test Pilot Jeffrey Quill
The battle was fought, too, by workers who developed the Schneider Trophy seaplanes and, from them, more than 20,000 Spitfires.
Film editor PETER HUNT
Producer JOHN FROST BBC South

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