Spitfire: The People’s Plane

Teenage pilots

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How does it feel to fly the plane that won the war? Two Spitfire pilots - one 18 year old from the Battle of Britain, one from today’s

RAF - compare their experiences of unparalleled ecstasy and paralysing fear.

Presenter: Tuppence Middleton

Producers: Alasdair Cross and Emily Knight
Editors: Chris Ledgard and Kirsten Lass

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