How a Dying Engineer Built the Fighter That Saved Britain - the Supermarine Spitfire

In June 1937, R.J. Mitchell died of cancer at just 42 years old. He never saw his fighter plane enter service with the Royal Air Force, and he never saw it fly a single combat mission. This is the story of the Supermarine Spitfire and the dying engineer who raced against his own failing health to finish it. From his beginnings as a locomotive apprentice, through the record-breaking Schneider Trophy seaplanes, to a rejected first fighter design and the elliptical wing that followed, discover how Mitchell's final years of work became the aircraft that defined Britain's darkest hour, three years after he was already gone. Subscribe for more untold stories behind the machines that shaped World War Two. R.J. Mitchell, Supermarine Spitfire, WW2 fighter plane, Battle of Britain, WW2 aviation history, military history documentary, WW2 documentary, fighter plane history, aircraft engineering history, Royal Air Force #WW2History #Spitfire #MilitaryHistory #AviationHistory #BattleOfBritain