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Spitfire parts.(Crashed Feb'1942)
Spitfire parts.(Crashed Feb'1942)
Photo: Eric Turner
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Item #: 6879
These bits were dug up in 2005 by Mark Gaskell of Orrell,the plane crashed near Top Lock.The bits are on show in Hindley Museum over the Library,open times are available from Hindley Library. On photo' is a 303in, machine gun,a piston and con' rod from the Merlin engine,a piece of the wooden propellor and a compressed air tank.

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