Supermarine [SEP] parent company
and the Supermarine Nighthawk. The aircraft were fitted with the recoilless Davis gun and the Nighthawk had a separate powerplant to power a searchlight.
Upon election as an MP in 1916 Pemberton-Billing sold the company to his factory manager and longtime associate 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-Armstrongs took over Supermarine as Supermarine Aviation Works
- Hawker Hurricane Mk.I/IIb/IIc (Dec 1942–Sep 1943)
- Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb (Sep 1943–Apr 1944)
- Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Sep 1943–Apr 1944)
- Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX (Oct 1943–Apr 1944)
- Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXe (Apr 1944–Mar 1945)
- Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVIe (Mar 1945–May 1945)
- Gloster Meteor F.3 (May 1945–Mar 1948)
- Gloster Meteor F.4 (Dec 1947–Oct 1950