Aviation art prints of Royal Air Force 41 Squadron. Super Marine Spitfire MK XII  of 41 Squadron shown in aviation art prints by leading aviation artists including Ivan Berryman and John Young available from Cranston Fine Arts the aviation art company, part of the Royal Air Force squadron's history in aviation art. and pilotsWg Cmdr Peter V Ayerst DFC; Sq Ldr Ian Blair DFM; Flt Lt Kenneth W S Evans DFC. signed

 41 squadron is one of the Oldest Squadrons in the royal Air Force. It was active at the outbreak of World war two equipped with Spitfire MK1,s and first seeing action of the East coast of England in December 1939. In May 1940  41 squadron was based at Hornchurch, the squadron was involved in combat over Dunkirk and during the spring  its pilots were involved in the defense of Britain against the mass bomber formations of the Luftwaffe during the battle of Britain. on the 15th August the squadron's small number of serviceable Spitfires intercepted 90 plus enemy aircraft. 41 squadron flew all mks of spitfires finishing the war flying the MKXIV.

Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV.  Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to  1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MK's V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs.

Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI.  The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service.  To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine.  The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires.  The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced.  The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954.