Recherche dans la collection - Supermarine Spitfire X4492. Vickers Supermarine MKV of the RCAF during high altitude tests at RCAF Station Rockcliffe

Original caption: "Supermarine Spitfire. First flown in March 1936, the Spitfire is famous as the leading British fighter of World War II. A total of 20351 were built, excluding naval variants - more than any other British warplane. The Spitfire was first flown on Canadian operations by No 403 Sqdn. in March 1941, and a total of 14 RCAF squadrons eventually were flying the type. Of these, 10 were fighter and fighter-bomber squadrons based in Britain, three formed an RCAF fighter-reconnaissance wing, and one No. 417, flew fighter-bombers in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. The first Me. 262 jet fighter to be shot down fell to a Spitfire of No. 401 Sqdn. Oddly enough, only four Spitfires were operated in Canada during the war. One, on loan from the RAF, was used in 1940 to test the first Franks' "G" suit. The Spitfire V pictured above arrived at Rockcliffe in February 1943 and was used for high altitude tests."