Britain’s Fastest WWII Fighter Wasn’t the Spitfire I’m ranking today the fastest British piston fighters of World War II the clean way: maximum level-flight speed, with test altitude every time. No dive numbers. No barstool legends. From the Spiteful F Mk 14 at 483 mph and 21,000 ft, to the Hornet’s
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