Supermarine

Supermarine Aviation Works
IndustryAviation
Founded1913 (as Pemberton-Billing)
Defunct1960 (incorporation into BAC)
FateMerged and name dropped
SuccessorVickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft)
HeadquartersWoolston
Key people
Noel Pemberton Billing
R. J. Mitchell
Hubert Scott-Paine
Joe Smith
ParentVickers-Armstrongs (1928 onwards)

Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II. It also built a range of seaplanes and flying boats, winning the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes with three wins in a row in 1927, 1929 and 1931. After the war, the company produced a series of jet fighters.