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The Fairhaven Spitfire

            This full-size Spitfire memorial stands by Lytham's Fairhaven Lake 
In 1941, the residents of Lytham St Annes took part in the War Office Spitfire Fund saving scheme and managed to raise £6,500 needed for the Borough's own Spitfire. The Spitfire was a Mark VB, given the tail number W3644. RAF Records show that on the 23rd June 1942 W3644 took off from RAF Hutton Cranswick on a Rhubarb mission escorting bombers on a raid over Morlaix in France. W3644 did not return, her pilot, Sgt Alan Lever Ridings aged just 20 of 19 Squadron RAF is posted as killed in action.
The replica aircraft at the Fairhaven Lake memorial carries the original markings of W3644 and the Lytham St. Annes name in tribute not only to the brave pilots who flew her but also to mark the generosity of those people that donated what little they had to the War effort.

   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Lytham St. Anne's (show map)

Taken on: August 11, 2015

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Camera: Canon EOS 550D, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, 50mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 550D
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Action (High speed)
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Embettered by PicMonkey. http://www.picmonkey.com
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