Spitfire (disambiguation)

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Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used in the Second World War.

Spitfire may also refer to:

• Triumph Spitfire, a small two-seat British sports car from Triumph Motor Company developed in the 1960s
• BSA Spitfire, a British motorcycle launched in 1966
• Worldwide Ultralite Spitfire, ultralight aircraft
• Spitfire Helicopters Spitfire Mk.I / Spitfire Mark I
• Spitfire Helicopters Spitfire Mk.II / Spitfire Mark II Tigershark

Ships and boats

• Botafogo (galleon), "Spitfire" in Portuguese, at the time the largest ship ever built
• HMS Spitfire, the name of 10 Royal Navy ships, and one proposed one
• USS Spitfire, the name of six U.S. Navy ships
• UPS Spitfire, the name of two Polish Navy ships
• HMCS Spitfire, an Australian gunboat
• SS Spitfire

Films

• Spitfire (1934 film), a U.S. film starring Katharine Hepburn
• Spitfire, the U.S. title of the 1942 British film The First of the Few
• Spitfire, a 1995 U.S. film starring Lance Henriksen

Music

• Spitfire (Jefferson Starship album), 1976
• Spitfire (EP), a 2011 EP by Porter Robinson
• Spitfire (LeAnn Rimes album), 2013
• "Spitfire" (song), a 2004 single by the British electronica act The Prodigy
• Spitfire (UK band), a garage rock band from Crawley, West Sussex, England
• Spitfire (US band), a metalcore band from Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Spitfire (Russian band), a ska band from Saint Petersburg, Russia
• The Spitfire Band, a Canadian big band, 1981–present
• The Mexican Spitfires, Sydney-based Australian indie-pop band of the 1980s
• Spitfire Records, a heavy metal-oriented record label

Comics

• Spitfire (comics), a fictional character in Marvel Comics World War II-era superteam "The Invaders"
• Spitfire (New Universe), a.k.a. Spitfire and the Troubleshooters and Codename: Spitfire, a comic book published under the New Universe imprint of Marvel Comics
• Project Spitfire, a fictional U.S. government project appearing in the Marvel Comics' series newuniversal
• Spitfire, a character from the anime/manga Air Gear

Other uses

• Spitfire, a character from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
• Spitfire Aerodrome, an airport in Pedricktown, New Jersey
• Spitfire (beer), a UK bottled and cask beer
• Spitfire (BBS), a software program for operating a Bulletin Board System
• Kent Spitfires, the name adopted by Kent County Cricket Club when playing One Day or Twenty20 matches
• "The Spitfires" is the nickname of Eastleigh F.C., a non-league football club in Hampshire, England
• Spitfire sawfly, a type of insect and its caterpillar found in Australia
• Spitfire Wheels, a skateboard-wheel brand by Deluxe Distribution
• Windsor Spitfires, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League
• .22 Spitfire (5.7 x 33 mm), rifle cartridge
• Spitfire, a replacement name given to a GWR 4073 Class British steam railway locomotive 5071
• "Spitfire", name allocated to steam locomotive 34066 involved in the Lewisham rail disaster of December 1957
• The Spitfire, name of various current and former public houses in England
• A storm jib type of jib sail, smaller and more rugged than a regular jib

See also

• Lupe Vélez (1908–1944), actress known as "the Mexican spitfire"