| Designer of the Spitfire |
Reginald Mitchell, Designer of the Spitfire Mitchell was educated at Hanley High School, Stoke-on-Trent, and gained an apprenticeship at Kerr Stuart & Co of Fenton when aged sixteen. After studying at night classes at the Wedgwood Technical School in Burslem and completing his apprenticeship, he gained a post at the newly formed Supermarine Aviation Works in Southampton. His design skills earned him rapid promotion within the company. During the 1920s he developed the company's successful Schneider Trophy aircraft. His flying boat designs attracted the interest of the Royal Air Force (RAF) but their success was eclipsed by the Spitfire. The prototype Spitfire, Type 300, undertook test flights in March 1936 by which time Mitchell was terminally ill with cancer. He did not live to see his aircraft enter into full service with the RAF, dying at his home on 11 June 1937. Stoke-on- Trent Museums Services Your Comments (0)
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