Spitfire flowerbed memorial
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Spitfire flowerbed memorial
Image: © John C Taken: 13 Mar 2018
The flower bed in the full size shape of a WWII spitfire is in memory of Flt.Lt. Frederick Ernest Denston, 1920 – 1989. Ernest who flew spitfires along the Torbay coastline just before D-Day. He said that if he survived, he would retire to Torbay, which he did. His widow with the cooperation of Torbay Council constructed the flowerbed in his memory.
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Image Location
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50.428536
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-3.556365