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The Spitfire

on BBC Two England

Fifty years ago the first
Spitfire flew at Eastleigh in Hampshire.
Raymond Baxter, a former Spitfire pilot, tells the story of the teams which raced to produce fighters which could out-manoeuvre the Messerschmitts of Hitler's Luftwaffe.
Film editor PETER HUNT Producer JOHN FROST

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Editor:
Peter Hunt
Producer:
John Frost

BBC Two England

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