Recognition for Wirral Spitfire pilot shot down in Battle of Britain
Wirral Globe
He is believed to have shot down an enemy aircraft before he was killed in his Spitfire on the Kent and Sussex border in August 1940. He had been operational for only nine days with the 6/10 County of Chester RAF Squadron when he lost his life. …

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Spitfire rededicated to pilot
Oxford Mail
There has been a Spitfire as gate guardian since 1973 and the replica Mark X1 Spitfire,which replaced a real one in 1989, has been given the markings carried by Flt Lt McCuaig’s plane. Flt Lt McCuaig died while serving with the Photographic …

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It’s lift-off for city’s first air festival
Portsmouth News
The world’s only aerobatic wingwalking team, the Breitling Wingwalkers, Second World War Spitfire planes and an old Royal Navy Sea Vixen fighter jet are just some of the star attractions being lined up for a seven-hour extravaganza of soaring displays …

The Russians are coming…
Otago Daily Times
A rare Russian Yak 3 fighter plane and two Supermarine Spitfires have been announced as attractions at next year’s Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow. The Yak 3, part-owned by Graeme Frew, of Auckland, will be one of two Yak 3 planes appearing at the show. …

SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK IX WINGS ARRIVE IN CANADA
Aviation.ca (press release)
Wings of a Second World War fighter arrived here Monday at Vintage Wings of Canada marking a significant development toward fully restoring the aircraft to airworthy condition. The partially completed wings arrived from the United Kingdom in a sea …

World War II machine guns are restored in Athlone
Westmeath Independent
The wreckage of the Spitfire fighter plane was recovered from Moneydarragh, Moville, Co. Donegal, in June this year. The one-day dig was the first licensed excavation of a World War II aircraft in Ireland and involved both Irish and British aviation …