The engine in the Supermarine Spitfire was a Rolls-Royce Merlin that eventually went into America's P-51 Mustang, as well. It had a lot of power.

A Merlin engine from an RAF Westhampnett-based Spitfire that crashed in East Sussex in 1942 has been generously donated to the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum.

A Spitfire which crashed near Hailsham, East Sussex, was buried for 30 years - now its Rolls-Royce engine is back on display to the public When RAF pilot Ted Hall had to bail out of his Spitfire ...