More than 50 years on from its first flight, the iconic fighter jet remains one of the most iconic aircraft in the world.

A flight was carrying 14 passengers and three crew members and crashed only minutes after the plane took off on Monday night.

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

References to the aircraft—which dropped the first war-time atomic bomb—were flagged for removal from Pentagon photos and online posts as part of a DEI purge, presumably because of the word “gay.” ...