Spitfire in the Officers' Mess car park at RAF Northolt
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Spitfire in the Officers' Mess car park at RAF Northolt
Image: © Des Colhoun Taken: 17 Sep 1973
The hangars in the distance housed 32 Squadron and 207 Squadron. As a point of interest it should be noted that the car park is not just devoid of vehicles because of the Spitfire but because of the high terrorist threat which existed throughout the Seventies.
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Image Location
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51.556698
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-0.409509