Reginald Mitchell's statue at the Science Museum

[Bre901]

the Beeb

as we say south of the Channel : mieux vaut tard que jamais

[Genghis the Engineer]

If memory serves me correctly, there's an excellent bust of him in the Hall of Aviation in Southampton.

G

[Tiger_mate]

"Victory was made possible by the Spitfire."

Wonder if the stats boys and the ladies and gents who worked at Hawker aircraft agree with that!

I visited Kermit Weeks museum in Florida last year, and their hype claims that the P51 Mustang won the war.............all by itself!

[Genghis the Engineer]

"I don't care who gets the credit, so long as we don't get the blame".

Sir Thomas Sopwith.