The Spitfire’s First Flight: Eastleigh, Mitchell and What It Meant
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The Spitfire’s First Flight: Eastleigh, Mitchell and What It Meant
K5054, the Spitfire prototype, took off from Eastleigh aerodrome near Southampton on 5 March 1936. Reginald Mitchell had fourteen months to live. He knew it.
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