I was looking for something else on their site, when i came across this page R. J. Mitchell. They do have a Spitfire in the museum itself, which had to be manouverd n whilst the museum was being built then the wall built behind it.
I'd love to see the statue. BBC - Stoke & Staffordshire - Discover Staffordshire - Reginald Mitchell - a modest man whose great idea saved Britain There is another in the Science Museum: RJ Mitchell. A life in Aviation - Statue