Supermarine

Formed in 1912, Supermarine began business by producing sea going aircraft.

In 1928 Vickers Aviation took over Supermarine. In 1938 Supermarine and Vickers were taken over by Vickers-Armstrong?.

The first Supermarine landplane to go into production was the infamous Spitfire, which proved to be an enormously efective design.

Other well-known planes from World War II were the Seafire (a naval version of the Spitfire, the Spiteful (successor of the Seafire) and the flying boat Supermarine Walrus.