GKN spends £500,000 to return Spitfire to the skies

Taking to the skies again: The AA810 (similar to the plane pictured) is being restored with a £500,000 donation from engineering giant GKN
Spitfire flown in World War II by Alastair ‘Sandy’ Gunn – immortalized in The Great Escape – to return to the skies thanks to GKN By City and finance reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 4:50 PM EDT, August 7,... Read more

Woman reveals how she lost TWO fiancés to Spitfire crashes during WWII

Hales' Joan Welch lost two fiancés in Spitfire accidents during World War II, but eventually found love again.  She died at age 100 in 2020.
The moving story of a British woman who lost two fiancés in Spitfire accidents during World War II is revealed in a new book. The late Joan Welch, who died in 2020 at the age of 100, was engaged to... Read more