originally posted in:TFS The Floods Sanctuary
The Spitfire.
Shame on any British person who doesn't know what a Spitfire is...
(I am American by the way if that last sentence caused any confusion...)
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In all fairness, whilst the Spitfire was the better plane, it was the Hurricane that did most of the work during the battle of Britain. (On a side note, I live in Southampton, the place where the Spitfire was created and manufactured. My dad even works down where supermarine used to be down in Woolston)
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A Spitfire is a Beer over here. I wouldn't be surprised if that was what popped into peoples heads at the mention of the word (because the beer popped into mine)
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But did you know that Hurricanes actually shot down 70% of the aircraft in WW2. Spitfires are only famous due to the Battle if Britain.