The aviation historian then launched a successful campaign for a memorial to be built to recognise their wartime contribution. After raising £75,000, a 30ft fibreglass replica Spitfire model was ...

"The Spitfire is iconic. It is one of the machines that won the war. The aircraft we are helping restore is very special indeed as a rare PR-IV model," said ... to build this engine system.

On Friday, March 28, Trowbridge Town Council filed a planning application to build a large Spitfire sculpture on the A363 Bradley ... then I took the donor model to Glastonbury to be up-scaled and ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.