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Upon election as an MP in 1916 he sold the company to Hubert Scott-Paine who renamed the company Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. The company became famous for its successes in the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes, especially the three wins in a row of 1927 , 1929 and 1931 . In 1928 Vickers Aviation took over Supermarine. In 1938 Supermarine and Vickers were taken over by Vickers-Armstrong . The first Supermarine landplane to go into production was the famous amd successful Spitfire . The earlier Hawker Hurricane and the Spitfire were the two fighter aircraft which fought off German bombing raids with fighter escorts during the Battle Of Britain in the summer of 1940. While the Hurricane was available in larger numbers and consequently played a larger rôle, the new Spitfire caught the popular imagination and became the aircraft associated with the battle. Other well-known planes from World War II were the Seafire (a naval version of the Spitfire) and the Walrus flying boat. Supermarine also developed the Spiteful/Seafang (successor of the Spitfire/Seafire). The Supermarine main works was in Woolston, Southampton which led to the city being heavily bombed in 1940. NOTABLE SUPERMARINE AIRCRAFT
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