Introducing Spitfire: The People’s Plane

Tuppence Middleton meets the heroes who built the plane that turned back the Nazis.

An episode of the Spitfire: The People’s Plane podcast, hosted by BBC World Service, titled "Introducing Spitfire: The People’s Plane" was published on May 5, 2020 and runs 3 minutes.

May 5, 2020 ·3m · Spitfire: The People’s Plane

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Before a plane could save a country, the people had to build it. This is the story of a beautiful and deadly icon of resistance, built and flown against extraordinary odds.

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Before a plane could save a country, the people had to build it. This is the story of a beautiful and deadly icon of resistance, built and flown against extraordinary odds.

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