The Darwen Spitfire
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Darwen Spitfire by JThomas as part of the Geograph project.
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The Darwen Spitfire
Image: © JThomas Taken: 10 Sep 2018
Made in Darwen by local apprentices. The stainless steel sculpture of a Spitfire aircraft was officially unveiled in 2012. Darwen was the smallest town in the UK to finance a Spitfire during World War II.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.695771
Longitude
-2.469155