Northamptonshire based Spitfire gets D-Day stripes restored for 80th Anniversary northamptonchron.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from northamptonchron.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 81-year-old warplane spent 40 years in a Texan barn before being shipped to Australia and then back to its homeland in Britain. It s due to go under the hammer on Saturday at Goodwood, West Sussex.
The Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding as an independent air arm this past weekend (June 16th/19th, 2023) with three-days of fabulous flying and festivities at Pratica di Mare Air Base, a few mikes southwest of Rome.