Renowned naval aviation author Matthew Willis tells the story of the
Supermarine Seafire - a navalised version of the famous Spitfire adapted
for use on aircraft carriers. Some 2646 examples were built and saw
action with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm from November 1942 until
after the Korean War in the early 1950s. It was involved in combat
during the Allied landings in North Africa (Operation Torch), the Allied
invasions of Sicily and Italy, the D-Day landings, and Operation Dragoon
in southern France. With the Pacific fleet, the Seafire proved capable
of intercepting and destroying the feared Japanese kamikaze attack
aircraft.