The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
To the uninitiated, the name Reginald Mitchell might well sound like a retired accountant from Surbiton. To aviation enthusiasts, however, his name is synonymous with the Spitfire. Yet, while the great “R. J. Mitchell” garnered worldwide attention with the 1942...
Paul Beaver, your new book is on Reginald Mitchell, the aviation engineer who designed the Spitfire. What was special about Mitchell? Mitchell was a very special engineer. At Supermarine, he fostered the right balance of experience and innovation, which for a small...
R.J. Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire Reginald Mitchell died at the age of 42. In his short working life, he had achieved astonishing engineering success with Schneider Trophy victories and the design of more than 20 aeroplanes, and he had put together a team which...
