The Spitfire was very short legged plane and so fragile (Seafire) it was withdrawn from Carrier operations as they crashed most of them on landing even before seeing Combat with the Japanese in 1944-45. They went with the Hellcat and Corsair instead. The US Army Air Force gave the Spitfire a try in 1943 and flipped many of them on landing due to the nature of the Brakes being so touchy and we returned them for US Models coming online.
And wildcat…but the Spitfire was a damned good plane as an interceptor fighter early in the war and was heavily improved throughout the war and into the early jet era.
And nobody remembers the Hurricane workhorse that did most of the killing.