The Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 24 is a British fighter aircraft which served in the last stages of World War II and as Britain's main fighter aircraft until its replacement by jet fighters. It represents the final iteration of the Spitfire, equipped with a Rolls-Royce Griffon engine that allows it to reach 753 km/h and two pairs of modernised Hispano-Suiza HS.404 autocannons, the Mark V versions. Mark 24s flew over Eastern Europe throughout the last months of World War II, severely outmatching Soviet piston fighters.
Abilities
Common Attributes - National
We Shall Never Surrender - British Aircraft (WW2)
Great Britain was dragged into World War II by an unexpected airborne attack from a force by which it was severely outnumbered. Yet despite ceaseless aerial bombardment, the British fought on, and eventually came to possess the most efficient air force amongst the Allies.
EFFECT:
This unit always possesses the Dreadnought attribute.
~ We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. ~
Unique Attributes
First of the Few - Supermarine Spitfire UA
R. J. Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire, had been battling cancer for years and just managed to finish the fighter before passing. His masterpiece in aeronautical design became the premiere fighter of the Few, those near-suicidal British airmen who sallied out to meet France's aerial invasion, despite having a life expectancy of just four weeks in combat.
EFFECT:
If the Spitfire takes damage from an enemy, add a Very Easy DM to all skill checks regarding turnfighting until the end of the battle.
~ Never was so much owed by so many, to so few. ~