Did the Submarine Spitfire land on Carriers or no?

Answer 1

The Supermarine (not submarine) Spitfire had a navalized version (added a tail hook, etc.) called the "Seafire", which did land on carriers.

It really was not ideally suited to carrier work and as the U.S. started supplying aircraft that were designed and built from the ground up as carrier planes, the Seafire's slowly got replaced.

BTW, the Corsair was originally designed as a carrier plane, but we were unable to land them on carriers (cracked too many up - cockpit and wing position made it hard to see where you were landing). We gave them to the marines to use on land bases, and to the Brittish. The Brits used them on carriers and thought they were great! When the U.S. found out the Brits were using them on carriers, we were amazed. We had Brittish pilots come over to the U.S. and teach our own pilots how to land our own airplanes on our own carriers. If you can land a Spitfire on a carrier - you can land anything on a carrier.

Answer 2

The Supermarine Spitfire did not land on carriers, as previously stated there was a Naval version called the seafire, the design of the spitfire was not suited to carrier operations as the long nose made the veiw forward obsucred which made carrier landings difficult. the seafire was a modified version of the spitfire with strengthened landing gear and an arrester hook.


Spitfires where ferried off carriers to relieve malta inc USS wasp and flew from the cariers to their bases

Answer 3

Yes, it was done during World War II. I just packed away a book in which one story actually told about the first pilot to do this. I believe Spitfires landed on/took off from the US carrier "Wasp." And these were actual Spitfires, not Seafires.

Answer 4

The Spitfire was manufactured by the Supermarine (not "submarine") aircraft company, so called because they originally built racing seaplanes. And yes, as ably told by others, Spitfires and Seafires did operate from aircraft carriers, though not widely.

Answer 5

Yes.

Although early versions had limited range and poor overall carrier qualities, it was used to great effect during the invasion of North Africa. They eventually beefed the gear up, slapped folding wings on it, changed the tailhook etc... and made a decent carrier aircraft out of it. In fact, they kept a whole squadron active through the Korean War.

The Hawker Seafury eventually replaced the Seafire, as it was a much more formidable carrier aircraft.

Answer 6

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