A recent review of daily press brough the following articles with Spitfire connections.

• Spitfire fighter ace didn’t like to talk about the war
  An article in memory of Dal Russel, one of the distinguished Canadian Second World War fighter pilots. Russel passed away last week at the age of 90. [Montreal Gazette]
• Spitfire monument to be Angel of the South?
  The campaign to raise a Spitfire memorial in Southampton, UK, continues. A recent proposal includes a 100-feet “Spitfire of the South” monument of a silver Spitfire standing upright on its tail. [Basingstoke Gazette]
• Spitfire pilot’s grave located
  A grave of missing WW2 Spitfire pilot, Russell Lyon of Edinburgh, has been identified in France. [The Press Association]
• Meet the pup who’s ready for a dogfight
  A living proof of how much the Spitfire is still being present in the public mind. ‘Nuff said. [Metro]
• Sweden’s own Spitfire
  A set of nice air-to-air pictures of RW386, Spitfire Mk. XVI recently acquired by the Swedish company Biltema, flying over the south of Sweden [Dagens Nyheter]