In the Spitfire Mk I Cockpit

Spitfire N3200 is the only airworthy aircraft in the museum’s collection. The first operational examples of the Spitfire arrived at Duxford in 1938. N3200 is a Mk 1, an early example of the RAF’s monoplane 8-gun singer-seat single-engined fighter. In this video, our expert Liam Shaw takes us into the cockpit and shows us around. We see how a pilot would take off, including using the rare hand-pumped undercarriage, and learn what it would be like to fly in the Spitfire, as well as hearing from some pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain. Book tickets to the Spitfire Evolution exhibition opening at IWM Duxford on 27 December: Book your Spitfire cockpit experience at Duxford: View and licence the archive films used in this video: Follow IWM on social media: Twitter: Instagram: