IV, DP 845, with a Griffon IIB engine. It is soon redesignated Mk. A negative G carburettor for the Merlin is designed and tested. It is installed in the Merlin 50 series. The first production Spitfire Mk.
VI is delivered.
The Japanese carrier fleet attacks Pearl Harbour and destroys or disables the battleships of the US Pacific fleet, but the aircraft carriers are not present and escape destruction. The Philippines are attacked simultaneously. 10 December 1941 HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Japanese bombers. December 1941 Hitler instructs Hans Frank to kill all Jews in the Polish government-general. He blames the Jews for organizing a world war.