Spitfire Mural - Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
N 52° 59.301 W 002° 08.134
30U E 558027 N 5871324
A tile mural of the Spitfire plane is located in Bennett Precinct in Longton.
Waymark Code: WM165JB
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/11/2022
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The tile mural of a Spitfire plane is mounted on the wall of a building in Bennett Precinct part of the Longton Exchange shopping area in the centre of Longton.
The mural commissioned by IM Properties plc commemorates the aeroplane’s designer R. J. Mitchell (1895-1937). It was erected on 31st January 1995. (
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The mural depicts a Spitfire, an RAF's WW2 fighter plane, that was designed by the aeronautical engineer and designer Reginald J Mitchell CBE AMICE FRAeS.
The mural painted by Kenneth Potts in 1994 shows the Spitfire in flight over the white cliffs of Dover. Around the Spitfire that is central to the mural there are images that depict sketches of all the other aircraft that Mitchell designed before he secured his place in history with the famous Spitfire fighter plane.
At the bottom of the mural is a timeline that details some events in Mitchells life.
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"The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, using several wing configurations. It was also the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war."
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