The Seafire: The Spitfire that went to Sea by David Brown 1989 Illustr Hardback

Published in 1989 by Greenhill Books (and simultaneously by the Naval Institute Press in the US), The Seafire: The Spitfire That Went to Sea by David Brown is a comprehensive historical and technical study of the naval variant of the legendary Supermarine Spitfire. \nBook OverviewThe book tracks the development and operational life of the Seafire, which was adapted for Royal Navy carrier operations during WWII\u2014a role for which the original airframe was never intended. \n\n--Focus: It balances technical details about various marks (from the early Mk IB to the post-war Mk 47) with operational history, covering its combat service through the end of the Korean War in 1954.\n--Visuals: The 1989 edition typically contains between 140 and 160 black-and-white photographs and detailed appendices.\n--Structure:\n--Part One: Background and development of variants (1939\u20131949).\n--Part Two: Combat career across WWII theatres (1942\u20131954).\n--Part Three: The ;