Comments on: Sortie 8 – The Legend of the Spitfire /sortie-8-the-legend-of-the-spitfire/ Bespoke hand-crafted watches made in Great Britain Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:10:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Erik Schaap /sortie-8-the-legend-of-the-spitfire/#comment-183216 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:10:47 +0000 https://www.great-british-watch.co.uk/?p=3448#comment-183216 In reply to Colin.

Great thank you very much, we will give you all the credits

]]> By: Colin /sortie-8-the-legend-of-the-spitfire/#comment-183215 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:17:32 +0000 https://www.great-british-watch.co.uk/?p=3448#comment-183215 In reply to Erik Schaap.

Hi Erik, no problem – as long as you properly credit me for anything you use in your article. Colin

]]> By: Erik Schaap /sortie-8-the-legend-of-the-spitfire/#comment-183214 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:23:14 +0000 https://www.great-british-watch.co.uk/?p=3448#comment-183214 Hello Colin.
What a fantastic article about one of the most iconic aircraft ever made.
We at IPMS Netherlands want to use this fantastic aircraft as a theme during our ESM in November. We’re creating a theme table and a separate section for Spitfire models in the competition.
In preparation for this, I’d like to use (part of) your article for publication in our magazine.
Of course, we’d like to ask your permission to use your article.

Hope to hear from you
Best Regards

]]> By: Candido Besso /sortie-8-the-legend-of-the-spitfire/#comment-183160 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:18:08 +0000 https://www.great-british-watch.co.uk/?p=3448#comment-183160 My good “long time no see”’ Friend Franco Actis, from Turin Italy but now living and flying in Sion, Switzerland was daring enough to by and restore a Mk V Spitfire that was operating in Burma during WW 2 and lied crashed in India.
Two mechanichs from the Battle of Britain Museum restored I-SPIT for him to fly it beginning of the ‘80s with the help of British Spitfire Pilot Paul Day.
I believe I-SPIT is now flying in the USA.

]]> By: sheila williams /sortie-8-the-legend-of-the-spitfire/#comment-181581 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:54:19 +0000 https://www.great-british-watch.co.uk/?p=3448#comment-181581 Hi, I found your article so very interesting and exciting! My uncle, Douglas Mackenzie was a spitfire pilot during the war and was stationed in Malta. If you come upon any info regarding this I’d love to hear about it.
Best wishes,
Sheila Williams,
Qualicum Beach,
British Columbia, Canada

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