WWII 'Great Escape' Pilot's Lost Spitfire Set to Fly Again After 83 Years
A Second World War aircraft could take to the skies again as early as 2025, more than 80 years after being shot down by ...
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9 Of The Most Notable Aircraft That Fought In The Battle Of Britain
The Spitfire remained in production until 1948 ... with over 400 participating. French-German aircraft designer Claudius Dornier, who was 27 at the time, designed the first all-metal plane ...
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WW2: Why do we love the Spitfire?
The Spitfire played its part in many of the crucial battles of World War Two, giving the RAF a critical edge over the German Luftwaffe. The ground breaking original design meant the plane could be ...
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Spitfire: The People’s Plane
When German bombs hit the Spitfire factory building the plane production ground to a sudden halt. There would be no new Spitfires to replace those shot from the skies. As British resistance ...
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Hurricane or Spitfire? Which was Britain’s Best WWII Fighter?
As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning ...
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Spitfire pilot Bobby Oxspring's family visit his plane in Dumfries
He shot down several enemy aircraft - many of them during the Battle of Britain - and was decorated for his efforts. The Spitfire was salvaged from the bottom of a loch in Ayrshire in 1982 He was ...
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Hurricane or Spitfire? Which was Britain’s Best WWII Fighter?
The plane also ... shooting down 126 German machines in only 42 days. From a logistical standpoint, the Hurricane proved significantly cheaper to build than the Supermarine Spitfire as well ...