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The story of hundreds of women, girls and a handful of men who built Spitfires in secret during WW2.

Salisbury, England
Joined June 2017
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Secret Spitfires film in Wilton - Read more at Your Valley News buff.ly/2HZWbYY #wilton #Spitfire @SecretSpitfires #salisbury #wiltshire #DDay75
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BDAC is very proud to be awarded the Little Treasures of Britain Award for 2019 from Group Travel Organiser magazine. What a fantastic experience and a brilliant night. Thank you everyone in your continued support over the past 7 years!
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An historic #Wiltshire church is hosting a special showing of @SecretSpitfires, the film that tells the story of how the county secretly built the most iconic of WW2's planes. salisbury.anglican.org/news/…
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Air Force's National Museum to commemorate 75th Anniversary of D-Day with events in May and June. Schedule here: bit.ly/2WbnXFU @AFMFoundation @Histovery @SecretSpitfires #augmentedreality #DDay75 #DDay #WWII #History #Airhistory #Paratrooper
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Rocking the BDAC fleece I see!
Fantastic evening at Hale Village Hall. A lovely audience and some great questions. Norman Parker, our historian was on top form! #secretspitfires
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Lots going on in and around #Salisbury including @SecretSpitfires screenings, Awesome Archaeology at #Stonehenge.. salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/…
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The story of young girls, boys, women and a handful of men making thousands of spitfires in secret during WWII comes to @salisburyarts as part of #FestWest on 27 Feb 2019 wiltshirecreative.co.uk/what… @SecretSpitfires
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Hey #SalisburyHour #Salisbury On 7th November at 7.30pm there is a showing of this terrific story @SecretSpitfires at #IdmistonParishMemorialHall #Porton Tickets are £5 available to book from idmistonpc.org/events/
NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR LOCAL EVENTS. The feature length (75min) Director's Cut version is now availabe for your local events. Please click the link below for details to create an event screening of the most moving secret story of human endeavour. Click; secretspitfires.com/secret-s… …
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Children do have the best and more inquisitive questions and that is the way it should be as they are our only hope😇
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Just in from special viewing @SecretSpitfires. Fascinating. Did you know that #Reading had a secret #spitfire factory? Here's a bit of info on 'Vincent's Garage' @readingmuseum.... collections.readingmuseum.or… #secretspitfire #rdguk #Berkshire
Mary Ellis Obituary - what a fantastic woman she was. It was a privilege to see her in the Secret Spitfires film about what occurred down in secret in Salisbury. theguardian.com/world/2018/j…
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The RAF100 parade and flypast is taking place in central #London. Share your photos using #RAF100
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Nice break for me from the #Novichock business, talking to 92 year old Norman Parker who built spitfires during WW2, and on Wednesday finally got to fly in one. #SecretSpitfires @SecretSpitfires
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Second chance to watch the amazing story of Secret Spitfires unfold on screen @ODEONCinemas in Salisbury #secretspitfires @SecretSpitfires #salisbury #history RT: @BDACatOldSarum teapawt.net/bdacatoldsarum/status/…
Evening #Salisburyhour - There's a chance to see a unique piece of history at @ODEONCinemas Salisbury 'Secret Spitfires' on July 1st at 14.00, an incredible piece of #Salisbury History. #aviation #WW2 #spitfires
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Evening #Salisburyhour - There's a chance to see a unique piece of history at @ODEONCinemas Salisbury 'Secret Spitfires' on July 1st at 14.00, an incredible piece of #Salisbury History. #aviation #WW2 #spitfires – at Salisbury, England
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“The #secretspitfire production operated from 3 areas in #Salisbury - Wessex yard on New St, Castle St for components parts and Wilts & Dorset bus garage built the wings. In due course there was a factory built just before Hudson’s field.” Norman Parker, engineer #AmazingHistory
Up next: @e_cetintas is telling us the fascinating story of the secret production of #spitfires right in the heart of #Salisbury with engineer, Norman Parker. #AmazingHistory
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Also for one day only, the 1st July, for #RAF100 @SecretSpitfires will be showing in cinemas nationwide. Find your local cinema at secretspitfires.com/
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KS2 were very lucky to watch @secretspitfires with local historian & engineer Norman Parker on Thursday. We are very proud of our local history! See if you can spot the #blueplaqueplaces secret spitfire factories around #salisbury!
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