2013

NT1473 : Spitfire at Turnhouse

taken 11 years ago, near to Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh, Scotland

Spitfire at Turnhouse
Spitfire at Turnhouse
Now Edinburgh International Airport. This aircraft will be familiar to all who visit Edinburgh Airport. Not sure what the aircraft actually is*, since Spitfire Mk Ia ‘XT-D' (L1067) ‘Blue Peter' of No 603 Squadron was the personal aircraft of 603 [City of Edinburgh] Squadron Commander, Squadron Leader George Denholm DFC, who bailed out of it on the 30th of August 1940 over Snargate, Kent after combat with a Bf 110.
*J Macgregor has pointed me to LinkExternal link in which it is mentioned that the Spitfire, originally at the entrance to RAF Turnhouse, is a fibre glass replica.

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NT1473, 313 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
M J Richardson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 12 March, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 13 March, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 148 733 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.7321N 3:21.8589W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 149 732
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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