I have more of a Huricane being reconstructed for flight and Motion with sound but the latter will not post for some reason...maybe too large. Anyway time for my flight home...hand crank undercarriage with curved rear elevator. Five hour flight.
Have had a look on the website. Sounds like a night (of many) never to forget! Thanks for the info.As Viv stated ...
The Spitfire Factory at Castle Bromwich was bombed on the night of 13th August 1940 and six people were killed.
Their names are listed on the https://secure.swanshurst.org/barra/results.asp
You may have to type Castle Bromwich in the 'By location of death' field depending on how it appears on your device.
Will give that a go but now supper is requested!Hi Jill, why not upload an image of the certificate here because there are forum members who might be able to find out information about it.
Many photos of the factory can be seen here https://spitfiresite.com/2012/07/castle-bromwich-spitfire-and-lancaster-factory-photos.html
oldmohawk
I remember going to work to start the 6am shift one morning and D Block had been bombed the night before. The clothes, shoes and gas masks of the workers from D Block were piled in heaps between A and C Blocks. They were wet from the water used by the fire brigade to fight the fires. You could see bodies still in the girders of the roof of the factory. It is a sight that you never forget. It was after the bombing of D Block that they altered the working hours to three shifts, 6am to 2pm, 2pm to 10pm and 10pm to 6am.
There were air raids during the day too. The German planes would machine gun the workers running to the shelters. Another time when there was bombing during the day, my mother sent my brother Jack (he was not working because he was ill with TB) to the factory to see if I was okay. While making his way to the factory he had to shelter under a bridge because the German planes were machine-gunning the roads.
I agree, for modern art it's very good. Sadly there are some others I would not classify so kindly.Spitfire Fire island Castle Brom (Tim Tolkien), I love the sculpture it’s a living piece of art and represents Birminghams industry in WW2
There is an element of geographical ‘snobbery’ in the country regarding art especially industrial art as I class it. Anything from London is art immediately, yet regionally art is often critiqued or discounted by the so called elitists.I agree, for modern art it's very good. Sadly there are some others I would not classify so kindly.