The Supermarine Spitfire

Family Tree © 2006 Compiled by P. Jutte Supermarine F7/30

Type 224, K2890

660 hp. Steam cooled

Rolls Royce Goshawk II Supermarine F37/34

Type 300 Prototype Spitfire

K5054, Merlin II 990 hp.

High Speed Spitfire N.17

ex-Mk I, K9834 (1939)

1st prod. Seafire MK III, NN333

Merlin 55, October 1943

Cunliffe Owen built

1st Sqn. No.894, 27 Nov. 1943 From Mk I, K9961 prod.

With DH 3 blade 2 pitch

prop. Aerolite Spitfire,

2 fuselages

(plastic) Last Mk II, P8729

built 25 June 1941

1st PR Mk XIX, RM626 non press.cab. Rotol

5 blade prop. Griffon 65

April 1944 1st PR Mk XIX, SW777

with pressurised cabine

November 1944

1st prod. PR Mk XIX,

PM496, 23 May 1945

(225 built)

1st prod. Seafire Mk III, LR765

No folding wings, Westland

built (conv. to Mk IIc) 1st prod. LF Mk III Seafire

NF545, f.f. 31 March 1944 Mk I, K9912, testbed for

Merlin III

Mk I, K9783

first with 3 blade

DH two pitch prop. First flight 5 March 1936,

Eastleigh

Mk IIA/B model

Air-Sea Rescue

Type 375, 1st Mk IIc

P7321 ASR (IIc) Mk V, L1004 proto.

PR Mk XIX press.cab.

Griffon engine

Seafire Mk IIc, MA970 proto.

For folding wings Mk III Seafire Mk IIc MB141 & MB307

testbed for RATOG (rocket

assistant launch) Mk I, K9791, 5th prod. conv. mock-up Hispano 20mm can. Spitfire F/3734 Mk II

Type 329

1st ex-P7282 to No. 61 Sqn. 22 Aug. 1940 (f.f. 17 June '40, 6 MU) Spitfire PR Mk XIX

Type 389/390

1st prod. Mk XII, EN221

(100 built)

Seafire F/LF/FR Mk III

Type 358/506 Mk IIc, MB194 conv. To

Seafire PR IIIc

f.f. 14 July 1943 Mk I, K9789, 3rd prod.

Became maintenance

airframe 3594N, 1944 Mk I, K9789, 1st to

No. 19 Sqn. Duxford

4 August 1938 First production

Spitfire Mk I,

K9787 (later converted to

PRU, lost 30 June 1941) June 7, 1939, 1st Mk I of

L-series (L1000)

Merlin III Prototype Mk I, L1004,

converted to F Mk Va

April 1943 (.303 Browning) Mk Va, L1004 conv. To

PR Mk XIII, March 1943

Boscombe Down Spitfire F Mk XII

Type 366 Mk VIII, DP845 (ex-proto

Mk IV) conv. to Mk XII

Griffon IIB, 1735 hp.

Mk I, R7120 conv. To

1st press.cab. F Mk VI

(f.f. 25 August 1941) Spitfire HF Mk VI

Type 350 (High Flyer)

Mk I, W3237, 2nd protot. Mk III

(later conv. to Mk V airframe)

Spitfire Mk III

Type 330

Mk I, N3297, 3th series, conv.

to Mk III. Merlin RM25 (Mk XX

1.390 hp, later Mk IX proto.) Spitfire Mk IV

Type 337

Mk IV, DP845 1st proto.

27 November 1941

Griffon RG 25M Mk IV, DP851, 2nd proto.

(later used for Mk 20

+ Mk 21 trials) Spitfire F Mk 21

Type 368

1st prod. Seafire Mk IIc

Westland built, LR631-LR764

f.f. 4 January 1943, Merlin 55

Mk I, X4942, converted

to Mk Va. Conv. to

Mk VI (f.f. 4 Juli 1941) 1st production Mk VI,

AB176 (Merlin 47)

(100 built) Spitfire Mk V

Type 331/349/352 Spitfire F/HF Mk VII

Type 351

Mk III, N3297, proto. Mk VII PR Spitfires Mk I, N3069

+ Mk I, N3071 testbed f.

Photo. Developm. Team N3069 soc. August 1940

No 2 Camouflage Unit

Mk IV, DP851, 1st proto.

Mk 21, Griffon 61,

f.f. 4 October 1942 Mk VIII, JG204 used for

new wing test F Mk 21

1st production Seafire Mk IIc,

MA970, f.f. 28 May 1942

Merlin 46, trop. Filter

Supermarine built Seafire Mk IIc

Type 357/375



1st proto. F Mk 21, PP139

Proto. Mk IIc, AD371 for Seafiretest to Farnboriugh

25 February 1942 Mk Va, AB320 conv. To

prototype LR Vb(T)

Mk I, N3053 proto.conv.

to F Mk Va (Merlin XX,

later M64) Mk I, K9788 converted

to Mk Va

Mk I, W3237, prototype Mk Vc

October 1941, Type 349

1st prototype F Mk VII, AB450

(ex- F Mk Vb) Merlin 61

Juli 1942 Mk VII, N3297 prototype

for Mk VIII

Merlin 61 Mk I, 3071 to No 212 Sqn

(PR) 11 Group

f.f. to Aken 18 Nov. 1939 Armed PR Spitfires

Type 367

BL676 re-serialled to MB328

(tropical filter) 1st Spit. with ROC float

Follant Airc. Mk I, R6722

Type 342 Spitfire with Superm.

Floats, Type 344/355

Mk Vb, W3760 Mk I, W3248 converted to

Mk Vb with clipped wings

1st production Mk Vc, AA878

Juli 1942

1st prod. HF Mk VII, BS121

5 September 1942

Spitfire F/HF Mk VIII

Type 359/360/369/376

Spitfire Mk IX

Type 316 / 378 1st of 5 production F Mk 21,

LA187 / LA191,

(total 120 built) LA213 to LA317 with

contra rotate prop.



3rd proto. Seafire, BL676

1st decklanding 10 Jan. '42

HMS Illustrious Mk Ib Seafires no folding

wings, Merlin 45

(116 built) Seafire Mk Ib

Type 338/465

Spitfire with floats

2 extra conv. Mk Vb,

EP951 + Mk Vb EP754 Spitfire with floats conv.

LF Mk IXb, BJ892, Type 385,

May 1944 (soc. 22 Nov. 1945) Spitfire Mk Vc, MA648,

1st prototype LF Mk IX

May 1943 1st prod. LF Mk IX, MJ823

Merlin 66 Mk VIII, N3297 1st proto.

conv. To Mk IX Merlin 61

September 1941 Spitfire F Mk 22

Type 356 Spitfire F Mk 23

Type 372 Valiant

AB986 replaced by AB205

to No 778 Sqn. for trials Mk Vb, AD371 + AB986

trialbeds Seafire Mk I / II Seafire F Mk XV

Type 377/386 278 Mk V's converted to Mk IX 2nd proto. Mk I, R6700 conv.

to Mk IX 6 Jan. 1942 Spitfire T Mk VIII (trainer)

Type 502 2 prototypes F Mk 22,

SX549 & TM383 1st proto. PP139

(ex-F Mk 21, for Mk 23

1st production Seafire

Mk XV, SR446

Griffon VI, f.f. 2 sept. 1944

Westland built 1st proto. Seafire F Mk XV

NS487 November 1943

(sting hook)

The Composite Seafire,

Fuselage Seafire Mk III,

Wings Mk Vc, tail Mk VIII,

radiators Mk V & Mk IX 1st prod. Mk IX, JK395

Merlin 63 1st proto. F.Mk VIII, JF274

(2nd production Mk VIII) 1st production LF Mk VIII,

JF462, April 1943 1st production F Mk 22, PK312

March 1945

(287 built) SX549 to become proto.

for Seafire Mk 46



6th proto. Seafire F Mk XV,

NS493 conv. To Low-Back

Seafire Mk XVII Spitfire Mk IX (T9)

Trainer Type 509 (20 built)

3th prod. Mk VIII, JF318 conv.

to F Mk XIV Spitfire F Mk XIV

Type 369/373/379 1st Mk VIII with Griffon III

(JF316 & JF321) Spitfire F Mk 24

Type 356

1st production Seafire

Mk XVII, SW987

Griffon VI, May 1945

Westland built Seafire F/FR Mk XVII

Type 387

1st Mk XVI w. Packard

266 was Mk IX MJ556

(December 1943) Mk IX, MK850 testbed f. Mk XVI

November 1944 15 F Mk IX converted to

PR Mk XI, beginning with

BS497 Spitfire PR Mk XI / X

Type 365/387 FR Mk XIV low-back with

F.24 oblique camera Mk XIV, JF317 (w. Griffon 61)

compared w. Mk VIII, JF664

(Merlin 63) July 1943 F Mk 22 airframe converted

to Mk 24

Production proto. VN301,

May 1945, Griffon 61

Testbed Mk XVI TA759

(with Low-Back)

Spitfire F/LF Mk XVI

Type 380. A Mk IX with

R.R. Packard Merlin 1st conv. PR Mk X, SR395

May 1944 Mk VIII, JF299 low-back,

tear-drop canopy proto. 1st real prod. with Griffon.

A combination of Mk VIII

and Griffon engine

(957 built) Last built Spitfire F Mk 24,

VN496, 24 Februari 1948,

soc. 15 December 1950

(54 built)

Seafang Mk 32, VG471 to

VG479 (only 9 produced) Spiteful F Mk 14/16

Type 317/393 1st prod. FR Mk XIV, NH741

Modified Spiteful for

Seafang trialsbed, VB893

& VB895 Seafang F Mk 31/32

Type 365 1st production Spiteful, RB515

f.f. 2 April 1945 (20 built,

last three never flown) 1st true prototype Spiteful,

NN664, f.f. 8 January 1945 Mk XIV, NN660 new wing conv.

To Type 317.

Crashed September 1944 Spitfire F/FR Mk XVIII

Type 394

No special prototype built 201 FR and 99 fighter variants

1st FR Mk XVIII to RAF, SM844

28 May 1945 Mk XVIII flew last Spitfire

combat sortie with No 60 Sqn

(Malaya, 1 January 1951)

Seafire Mk 47, VR971 last built

Seafire, 28 Januari 1949 1st prod. Seafire Mk 46,

LA541 (24 built) 1st proto. Seafire Mk 46,

TM383, f.f. 8 August 1944

Contra rotate prop.

Griffon 85 Seafire Mk 46

Type 474