blue plaque · England

Britain's Spitfires

This site was one of the three requisitioned Salisbury garages used for manufacturing almost 2000 Spitfire aircraft from 1941 until 1947.The machining of Spitfire parts in the film 'First of the Few' was carried out in this former Wilts & Dorset bus engine garage. Two Spitfire assembly sheds were constructed on Hudson’s field.Final assembly and maiden flights were from Highpost and Chattis Hill airfields.

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