6 DECEMBER 2008, Page 28

Plane wrong

Sir: This may be pedantic, but given the relevance and personal interest attributed by Charlotte Metcalf to the Spitfire in her article on Bremont watches (Christmas Gifts, 29 November), I am surprised at such a simple mistake: the plane pictured behind Nick and Giles English is no more a Spitfire than a Mercedes-Benz is a Rolls-Royce. Spitfires did not have radial engines, nor did they ever sport two-bladed propellers, only three or four.

Stephen Saunders

Midhurst, West Sussex