A Spiffy Spitfire Story.

stuey | 16:03 Sat 12th Mar 2016 | History

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However, some professor of economics, spouting off about rain-forests, has to put a damper on it: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35697546

Finally; Recognition.

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EDDIE51

'Spitfire funds' were well known, few towns of any size did not have one.
There were also scrap metal collecting schemes to 'Build a Spitfire' bit of a misnomer as the scrap metal as over 90% Iron and Spitfires were made mainly of Aluminium.

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I found it to be an interesting "side-story" to that period of history: people uniting for a great cause.

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Good stuff, divebuddy...Love that beer ad!

tonyav

A bit more on the history of the Spitfire.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/the-spy-and-the-plane-that-saved-britain/ar-AAgKufB?li=BBoPWjQ

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retrocop

Wasn't till later in the war that RAF pilots had a inflatable dingy underneath their parachute packs. 'Dinghy Young' obviously put them to good use once they were issued, :-)

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