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Spitfire

Contract Summary



The following table summarises the final aircraft production under each contract.

Click on a contract number for a detailed breakdown of individual orders and adjustments.


Supermarine
B527113/36505
B980385/39181
19713/394000
Air/710
Air/14321
AM361140/361
Air/8212
Air/23293
Air/23291
Air/2410.
Air/26011
Air/29013
Air/29013
Air/51762
SB274891
SB274261
B23634/391
B23634/391
B46374/391
B817241/381
SB24152
SB26172
Air/18773231
Air/57578
Air/579554
Air/5794102
Air/63612
France N211
Crashed*1
Subtotal8123
 
Castle Bromwich
981687/3911872
Air/516190
Air/442450
Air/44252
Air/51550
Subtotal12014
 
Westland
B124305/40885
Air/2605950
Air/3853323
Subtotal2158
 
Cunliffe-Owen
Air/2777504
Air/51280
Subtotal504
 
Phillips & Powis
Air/19510
Grand Total22799

A table showing the totals for each contract analysed by mark can be downloaded by clicking on the table below.


contract summary

Notes to the downloadable table

*Crashed aircraft JF477/RM877

Several of the individual differences are probably due to Vickers excluding mark prototypes

A. Includes 15 'PRC' and 2 'PRIIID'

B. Comprises 229 PRIV (incl 66 tropical) and 15 Mk.V PRC. BR413 and BR643 written off before delivery

C. Supermarine total of 780 includes 50 tropical. AA876 written off before delivery

D. Supermarine total of 478 includes 212 tropical and BR489 written off before delivery

E. Said to include one prototype

F. Includes 6 Griffon test beds

G. Supermarine total of 561 includes 203 converted by Rolls Royce and BS454 written off before delivery

H. Includes X4942 built under contract Air/790

J. Comprises 260 Mk.XI (inc 198 tropical) and 211 Mk.XI Merlin 70 (all tropical)

K. Includes 22 unpressurised and 1 pressurised prototype (SW777)

L. Supermarine total includes 40 ex Air Service Training

M. Includes 30 fixed wing

N. Difference relates to aircraft cancelled after MS541 document produced

P. 16 F22 were produced by Supermarine

R. excludes JF477, written off before delivery

S. Comprises 750 Mk.IIa and 170 Mk.IIb

T. Supermarine over-delivered one FRXIV and under-delivered one XIV. Totals per the production list are therefore 431 FRXIV and 526 XIV