The Spitfire began as a near disaster. The developments of this famous aircraft took it from uncompromising beginnings to become the legendary last memorial to a great man
- an elegant & with its pilots a highly effective weapon of war. The Spitfire would not have happened at all however without Mitchells indomitable courage & determination in the face of severe physical & psychological adversity resulting from cancer. His contribution to the Battle of Britain & thereafter to the achievement of final victory in 1945 was so great that our debt to him can never be repaid. This poignant story is written from a uniquely personal viewpoint by his son Gordon Mitchell.