Spitfires have always been a favorite of mine. One of those all time great fighter planes!
I like how far it progressed during the war. I mean during the BoB, the old Mk.I & II Spits were actually relatively crappy compared to later models.
They had float carburettors, 0.303in. machine guns (spread too far apart to be
extremely effective) with no cannons. Mk.I's had fabric covered control surfaces which ballooned at high speeds, and manual landing gear.
Mk.II's were a bit of an improvement.
Compare these to the later war Spits!
Yet at the time of the BoB, the early ones were enough to counter the early German planes (with some help from the Hurricane

), so I guess it's rather a moot point.
So what I'm trying to say, in a rather long winded round about way, is that the Spitfire gets my vote.
