Spitfire (disambiguation)

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

Spitfire may also refer to:

Transportation

Aircraft

• Worldwide Ultralite Spitfire, ultralight aircraft
• Spitfire Mark I, a helicopter
  • Spitfire Mark II Tigershark, a helicopter

Road

• 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

Rail

• 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

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
• HMCS Spitfire, an Australian gunboat
• SS Spitfire, several ships
• Spitfire, a type of jib sail

Films

• The Spitfire, 1914 film
• Spitfire (1934 film), a U.S. film starring Katharine Hepburn
• Spitfire (1942 movie), 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 (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
• Spitfire Records, a heavy metal-oriented record label

Albums

• Spitfire (Jefferson Starship album), 1976
• Spitfire (EP), a 2011 EP by Porter Robinson
• Spitfire (LeAnn Rimes album), 2013

Songs

• "Spitfire" (song), a 2004 single by the British electronica act The Prodigy

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

Science and technology

• Spitfire (BBS), a software program for operating a Bulletin Board System
• Spitfire sawfly, a type of insect and its caterpillar found in Australia

Sport clubs

• Kent Spitfires, the name adopted by Kent County Cricket Club when playing One Day or Twenty20 matches
• Eastleigh F.C., a non-league football club in Hampshire, England, nicknamed "The Spitfires"
• Windsor Spitfires, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League
• London Spitfire, an esports team in the Overwatch League

Other uses

• Spitfire, a character from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
• Spitfire Aerodrome, an airport in Pedricktown, New Jersey, US
• Spitfire (beer), a UK bottled and cask beer
• Spitfire Wheels, a skateboard-wheel brand by Deluxe Distribution
• .22 Spitfire (5.7 x 33 mm), rifle cartridge

See also

• Kent Spitfire (disambiguation)
• Lupe Vélez (1908–1944), actress known as "the Mexican spitfire"
• The Mexican Spitfires, Sydney-based Australian indie-pop band of the 1980s