Achtung - Spitfire! (ctd.)
July 8 2017
Picture: ITV News
Here's a story to stir AHN's passions, including as it does paintings and Spitfires; at Cheffins last week a former Spitfire pilot bid on, and bought, a painting of the Spitfire that he actually had flown in the war. Kurt Taussig, a Jewish refugee who joined the RAF, bought the painting for just £360 hammer. What a bargain, and what a story! More, including a video, here.
Incidentally, AHN will be flying a Sptifire next month... expect more Spitfire news soon!
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