Vera Saxby unveils a plaque at a factory where she helped build parts for Spitfire during World War Two A woman who helped build Spitfires during World War Two has unveiled a commemorative plaque at ...

Plans to build a life-size memorial of a Spitfire to honour the people who secretly built the iconic plane have been unveiled. During World War Two more than 2,000 Spitfires were built in secrecy in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The veterans had worked building Spitfire parts during the Second World War or had ...

Phyllis lived in Swansea and was just 18 when she was sent to Birmingham, to work at the Castle Bromwich plant – it was the first time she had left south Wales. She had to meet up with four other ...

War is horrible on everyone, and the big one of close to a century ago certainly broke tons of records in this respect as, unlike everything that came before, children and women were involved as both ...

Storybook storeys: Sir Terry Farrell in his home where model Spitfires on the roof and the Palmer Tyre factory plaque bear witness to its former use Credit: Photo: Martin Pope Tucked out of sight ...

The Supermarine Spitfire, a British fighter that fought in the second world war, can claim to be the most significant combat aircraft in history. It was a brilliant design, a formidable combination of ...

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Eighty years ago landmark steps that would lead to Birmingham being forever associated with the iconic Spitfire, hailed as helping to save our necks in the Battle of Britain, were taken. For it was in ...

A woman who helped build Spitfires during World War Two has unveiled a commemorative plaque at the factory where she used to work. Vera Saxby was working for Auto Metalcraft in Southampton when the ...

A computer-generated image of how the new memorial might look Plans to build a life-size memorial of a Spitfire to honour the people who secretly built the iconic plane have been unveiled. During ...