The Shepley Spitfire
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Shepley Spitfire by Graham Hogg as part of the Geograph project.
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The Shepley Spitfire
Image: © Graham Hogg Taken: 22 Jun 2012
Built in 1979 and named in honour of Pilot Officer Clayton Shepley who lived at the nearby Woodthorpe Hall. Shepley was a Spitfire pilot in WWII who was reported missing in 1940. The full story can be found here http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/html/shepley_spitfire.html
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Image Location
Latitude
53.314194
Longitude
-1.526407