The Italian behind the Leyland P76 also designed some of the most beautiful cars ever
We take a look at Giovanni Michelotti and his work on the BMW 2002, Triumph Spitfire, Hino Contessa and Alpine A110.
Source: drive.com.au
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Spitfire that flew in WWII and featured in 1969 The Battle of Britain is up for sale for £4.5MILLION
The 79-year-old warplane spent 40 years in a Texas barn before being shipped to Australia for restoration five years ago, and was sent to Sywell Aerodome in Northamptonshire where it will be sold.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Spitfire star of classic The Battle of Britain film on sale for £4.5m
Second World War fighter's high value is down to the number of its original components, 'continuous history' and its airworthiness
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Fighter Planes versus Missiles: How the Battle of Britain Was Won
It sounds like a modern military fiction story, but its what actually happened in the 1940s. Here's What You Need To Remember: As military planners today contemplate ways to defend against the threat of today’s far more survivable, longer-range, and precise cruise missiles, the Allied experience in Operation Diver should offer both hope and a sobering warning. London was under siege as it never had been before. Starting June 13, 1944—merely a week after the triumph of the D-Day landings—V-1 cruise missiles launched from Nazi-occupied France began raining down upon the metropolis, their...
Source: nationalinterest.org
Wrecked in Russia in 1945 after being loaned to the Red Army, Spitfire has £2million makeover
Stalin's Spitfire: Wrecked in Russia in 1945 after being loaned to the Red Army, iconic aircraft is brought home... and given a £2million makeover Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX, serial number PT879, was one of 1,328 British fighters supplied to the Red Army Was part of often forgotten 'lend-lease' scheme by the Allies to help Joseph Stalin's forces fight the Nazis After a restoration project, it is now the only flying example of a 'Russian Spitfire' in existence Was flown by British owner Peter Teichman over Grafham Water reservoir near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Source: dailymail.co.uk