The operational history of the Spitfire with the RAF started with the first Mk Is, which entered service with 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire on 4 August 1938.[
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http://ww2eagles.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-spitfire-shot-down.html
here's an article telling the story of the first spitfire shot down, off Whytby.
The first original spitfire was designed by R.J. Mitchell
The Spitfire first entered service on 5th March 1936
No. The Spitfire first flew in the year 1936 and entered service with the RAF in 1938, just in time for the start of World War Two.
The Spitfire was a monoplane fighter
A Supermarine Spitfire was a British fighter plane used in world war 2.