Spitfire: The People’s Plane

15th September 1940 was the moment the Germans chose to drive the Spitfire from the battle... more

How does it feel to fly the plane that won the war? Two Spitfire pilots - one 18 year old ... more

It wasn’t just Spitfire production that needed to escape the bombs; the designers of the p... more

Ramping up Spitfire production requires another new factory. Bigger, better, full of cutti... more

As brilliant as the Spitfire is, it has one major flaw. Take her into a steep dive and fue... more

The new Spitfires need to be flown to RAF bases desperate for reinforcements. That’s the j... more

Spitfire production is getting back on track, but the search for locations continues. Out ... more

Amid the smouldering ruins of the Spitfire factory, a new strategy emerges: instead of bui... more

The struggle against the Nazis has to be fought by ordinary people as much as by the army ... more

The Spitfire factory was a priority target for German bombers. The workers endured raid af... more

Before a plane could save a country, the people had to build it. This is the story of a be... more