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Spitfire (disambiguation)

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Spitfire may refer to:

  • Supermarine Spitfire, a single-seat fighter plane used in World War II
  • Triumph Spitfire, a small two-seat British sports car from Triumph Motor Company
  • Spitfire, a slang term for a highly-excitable or passionate person, especially a woman. Actress Lupe Vélez was known as "the Mexican spitfire".

Technology:

  • Spitfire Security Server, an enterprise information security product manufactured by Bloombase Technologies protecting sensitive digital data by on-the-fly cryptographic technologies

Ships:

  • Cacafuego, a Spanish treasure galleon captured by Sir Francis Drake, euphemistically translated as Spitfire
  • HMS Spitfire, the name of three British naval ships
  • USS Spitfire, the name of four U.S. naval ships

Movies:

Music:

Other:

  • Spitfire (BBS), a software program for operating a Bulletin Board System
  • Spitfire (comics), a.k.a. Lady Jacqueline Falsworth-Crichton, a fictional character in Marvel Comics World War Two-era superteam The Invaders
  • Spitfire (New Universe), a.k.a. Spitfire and the Troubleshooters and Codename: Spitfire, a comic book published under the New Universe imprint of Marvel Comics