5. The Supermarine Spitfire plane
As the Royal Air Force’s most favored one-seater fighter aircraft, these planes were heavily-produced for immediate action during WWII. Different wing configurations gave these aircraft a wider range of uses, so it was the only British fighter plane to be mass-produced in the time of war. The Spitfire received a lot of attention during the Battle of Britain, despite the fact that the Hawker Hurricane planes did most of the heavy lifting against the Luftwaffe. But its higher performance and greater victory numbers made this model a hero of the skies during the war.
In 1934, the Air Ministry requested a for a high-performance fighter with an armament of eight wing-mounted 0.303-inch (7.7-mm) machine guns. After consideration, Reginald Mitchell of Supermarine Ltd was handed the contract and designed the Spitfire. As a direct descendant of a series of floatplanes designed by Mitchell to compete for the coveted Schneider Trophy in the 1920s performed exceptionally in high altitudes.