Merthyr’s Spitfire

Following on from yesterday’s blog about HMS Beverley, here is a newspaper cutting from the Merthyr Express of 31 October 1942 referring to yet another bit of fund raising by the people of Merthyr during the Second World War:

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merthyrsspitfire_merthyrexpress_october31st_1942 — The Merthyr Tydfil Spitfire. If you look closely you can see the name of the town just below the cockpit