Allspitfirepilots.org is 10 Years Old Today Sept 15, 2025

Founded 10 years ago, launched on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, a large global memorial event that timed well with this site's launch. While the site was launched on that occasion; Malta, North Africa, Southeast Asia, India, England/France/Belgium/, Germany/Holland/Norway/Italy (European theatre), Yugoslavia/Italy, and, various other countries and theatres are now treated on the site in detail.

The site now has over 4,300+ pilots, with bios, serials flown / dates / events, images and a links section. The response from relatives has been tremendous, and, we've likely collected thousands of images from the day, many from private catalogues otherwise lost to history. If these were printed into a book, I think it would be the largest Spitfire pilot book ever printed.

We've had some very detailed bios added including pre-war, war, and post-war (for those that survived) information. Many sons/daughters, nephews & nieces, and grandchildren have added information and also at times ask us for help in their research. Two such requests asking us to research pilot details are ongoing presently, and every week brings new stories and linkages between pilots. We often find a contributor not only focused on their relative, they want to know about other pilots in the squadron, they want to know what daily life was like, what the squadron did and where. Some go on to add as many pilots as they can for the same squadron/unit as their relative. To our frequent contributors thank you!

We've had battle stories/details, too many to highlight but known to our readers, flying accident accounts whose pilots are remembered here just the same as the aces, and accounts from all theatres of war around the world where the Spitfire was in service.

After 10 years, I'd like to thank all the contributors, we'll continue to offer this WIKI style service. We personally fund the hosting at our cost, ads do help a bit, and of course, those that have given a donation, thank you - it all helps whether you've added pilots or helped us in other ways. The site was hand-coded by myself using the PHP/Laravel framework, and the time to do this was donated. I am very glad it has been a success. Hats off to Kevin Charles, who has been with the site since 2017 adding hundreds of pilots including his father, and takes on detailed research for those that ask.

We're always open to suggestions, and, we hope you enjoy our unique take on recording pilot and Spitfire history where we link serials flown to pilot pages and vice versa, list pilots by squadron, and provide a searchable database. Somewhere in the forgotten stories of the past, for those who take the time to read them -- a greater understanding of humanity and it's challenges, that is just as relevant in today's world.

Kurt