Guns found during Donegal dig
Irish Times
An Army bomb disposal team made safe six machine guns and a quantity of ammunition found during the excavation of a crashed second World War fighter plane in Co Donegal today. The British Spitfire plane was piloted by an American who parachuted from …
Thousands of live WW2 rounds dug up in Donegal after 1941 Spitfire crash thejournal.ie
Spitfire pulled from Irish peat bog Belfast Telegraph
Strange world BBC News
IrishExaminer.com
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How to feel on top of the world at Goodwood
Chichester Today
… of impressive Cessna 1725 Skyhawk SP aircraft, equipped with all the latest technology, although for those who want a more historic slant, there is also the option of flying in a 1943 Harvard AT-16 11B – the next best thing to flying in a Spitfire. …

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Darwen new sculpture nearly ready
Blackburn Citizen
ENGINEERS are applying the finishing touches to Darwen’s new piece of public art commemorating the Spitfire bought by the town in 1941. Weighing almost two tonnes and standing seven metres tall, a team of 40 apprentices have …

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Veteran top gun shares cockpit success with 21-year-old
Daily News & Analysis
The former air chief recalled how he had crashed a Spitfire aircraft during the Second World War in Burma. “After recovering from a vertebral fracture and reporting to duty, I was told that I could not fly fighter aircraft anymore. …

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