Spitfire found! Will fly again

**ATAG_Oskar** · Nov-22-2018, 15:41

Interesting news about this very rare type

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8646841.html

**ATAG_Vampire** · Nov-22-2018, 16:41

Really interesting article Oskar thanks for sharing brother.

o7

**Vlerkies** · Nov-22-2018, 20:30

Excellent, thanks for sharing.
Just when one thinks there is nothing left out there to find another 'gem' crops up.

on a more somber note;
RIP Alastair Donald Mackintosh "Sandy" Gunn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Gunn

The insanity of war

Gunn was one of 76 men who escaped the prison camp on the night of 24–25 March 1944 in the now famous "Great Escape". The alarms sounded upon the discovery of the escape attempt when he had been outside the wire for less than an hour. Gunn was quickly arrested on the road to Görlitz (to the south of the camp), and arrived at the collection point for recaptured officers at Görlitz prison.
The prisoners were interrogated harshly. Mike Casey and Gunn were both told that they would lose their heads.
At Görlitz prison on the morning of 6 April 1944, Tony Bethell heard a truck arrive and saw three Germans in uniform call out the names of Denys Street, Neville McGarr, Jack Grisman, Sandy Gunn, Harold Milford, and John F Williams.

Gunn was one of 50 escapees executed by the Gestapo

Looks like he put up a good fight in the air but also got hammered.

Spitfire AA810 was shot down by two Messerschmitt 109 fighters. An archaeological excavation of the plane has revealed it was hit by 200 machine gun bullets and 20 rounds of cannon fire.
Before it hit the ground at around 20 degrees, its engine had stopped and its starboard side and nose and cockpit were both ablaze.