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  1. Reginald Joseph Mitchell CBE FRAeS (20 May 1895 – 11 June 1937) was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1916 until 1936. He is best known for designing racing seaplanes such as the Supermarine S.6B, and for leading the team that designed the Supermarine Spitfire.

  2. Apr 21, 2015 · Reginald Mitchell designed the Spitfire, the plane most associated with the Battle of Britain. Mitchell produced a plane that was revolutionary and the Spitfire remains to this day one of the most celebrated planes ever developed.

  3. Oct 18, 2022 · R J Mitchell died at home in Southampton on 11 June 1937 at the age of 42, unaware that the war clouds gathering over Europe would soon culminate in a conflict that would turn both the Spitfire and the man who created it into one of the enduring engineering legends of the twentieth century.

  4. dingeraviation.net › spitfire › spitmichBiography of RJ Mitchell

    A short biography of Reginald Joseph Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire. R.J. Mitchell was born on the 20th May 1895 at 115 Congleton Road, Butt Lane, Stoke-on-Trent in the Potteries area of England, famous for its ceramics. His parents were both teachers (although his father later started his own printing business).

  5. R.J. Mitchell was one of Britains outstanding aeronautical engineers and designers during the interwar period. Responsible for the Supermarine seaplanes that won the Schneider Trophy outright for Great Britain in 1931 and of course the legendary Spitfire.

  6. Mar 4, 2021 · Reginald J Mitchell (1895 to 1937), the genius behind the Spitfire. Prior to the Spitfire, Mitchell had designed more than 20 aircraft, including bombers, flying boats and race-winning seaplanes. He died of cancer before the first Spitfire took to the skies and was succeeded by his long-term collaborator, Joseph Smith, who oversaw the Spitfire ...

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  8. Feb 22, 2023 · Reginald Joseph Mitchell was a British aircraft designer, born on May 20, 1895, in Butt Lane, Staffordshire, England. He designed aircraft, including Supermarine S.6B, that won the Schneider Trophy, and the Supermarine Spitfire.

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