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Wartime Archive of Reg Stone of Skelmanthorpe: Spitfire Fighter Plane, Mingaladon Airfield, Rangoon, Burma – “Drums of cement were used to anchor certain planes during the typhoon season.”

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Title:Wartime Archive of Reg Stone of Skelmanthorpe: Spitfire Fighter Plane, Mingaladon Airfield, Rangoon, Burma – “Drums of cement were used to anchor certain planes during the typhoon season.”
Date Period:1945
Collection or Artist:Tolson Memorial Museum Collection / Photographer: Reg Stone
Further Information:

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft, which was used by the Royal Air Force and many other allied countries throughout the Second World War.

It was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft, and was the only British fighter in production throughout the war.

See image: K026485

Rangoon (Yangon) was the former capital of Burma.