RAF veteran John Addie Forrest celebrated his 100th birthday on April 13, 2021 IT has been on display at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum for the past 15 years and is a welcoming sight for visitors as they gaze up at the suspended Spitfire. The MK21 Spitfire LA98 hangs above the main staircase after taking up permanent residence at the gallery from its previous home at the Glasgow Transport Museum. While the aircraft wasn t involved in the 1940 Battle of Britain defence of the skies against German forces, it featured in the film version bearing the same name. And for RAF veteran John Forrest he has fond memories of flying that very aircraft when he was stationed at Abbotsinch Airfield, also once known as HMS Sanderling, at the end of the Second World War and now home to Glasgow Airport.