Hooton Park Trust, Ellesmere Port: museum exhibit, Spitfire Mk I cockpit (2)
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Hooton Park Trust, Ellesmere Port: museum exhibit, Spitfire Mk I cockpit (2)
Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 2 Aug 2018
Closer view of the recovered cockpit section of Spitfire P9451 in which Sgt (Pilot) Hugh Biggans McGregor of 610 (County of Cheshire) Auxiliary Squadron based at RAF Hooton Park was killed. He was involved in a training accident on 11 Dec 1940 whilst flying from RAF Acklington in Northumberland. Image
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