Crashed WW2 Spitfire flies again after £3m refit - BBC

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Crashed WW2 Spitfire flies again after £3m refit - BBC

Post by RyanS » Sun Mar 12, 2017 3:20 pm

There's another flying Spitfire in the world!

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-camb ... e-39220403
A World War Two Spitfire will fly for the first time in more than 70 years after undergoing a three-year restoration costing £3m.

The aeroplane flew 27 combat missions between June and July 1944 before it was shot down near Caen in France.

The French Resistance helped Canadian pilot Jimmy Jeffrey return to his unit.

Spitfire NH341 remained in France until Aero Legends Ltd bought it in 2011. Its first post-refit flight will be at the Imperial War Museum in Cambridgeshire.
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