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Welcome
To
www.SpitfireSpares.com
2020
75 years ago marked the final
Victory in Europe
The New Year saw the Soviet liberation of
Auschwitz, and the revelation of the sickening obscenity of the Holocaust, its
scale becoming clearer as more camps were liberated in the following months.
Germany surrendered unconditionally on 7 May, and the following day was
celebrated as VE (Victory in Europe) day. The war in Europe was over.
In the Pacific, however, it had continued to rage throughout this time. The
British advanced further in Burma, and in February the Americans had invaded Iwo
Jima. The Philippines and Okinawa followed and Japanese forces began to withdraw
from China.
Plans were being prepared for an Allied invasion of Japan, but fears of fierce
resistance and massive casualties prompted Harry Truman - the new American
president following Roosevelt's death in April - to sanction the use of an
atomic bomb against Japan.
Such bombs had been in development since 1942, and on 6 August one of them was
dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later another was dropped
on Nagasaki. No country could withstand such attacks, and the Japanese
surrendered on 14 August.
The biggest conflict in history had lasted almost six years. Some 100 million
people had been militarised, and 50 million had been killed. Of those who had
died, 15 million were soldiers, 20 million were Russian civilians, six million
were Jews and over four million were Poles.
The Soviet army continued its offensive from the east, while from the west the
Allies established a bridge across the Rhine at Remagen, in March.
While the bombing campaigns of the Blitz were over, German V1 and V2 rockets
continued to drop on London. The return bombing raids on Dresden,
devastated the city in a huge firestorm.
Meantime, the Western Allies raced the Russians to be the first into Berlin. The
Russians won, reaching the capital on 21 April. Hitler killed himself on the
30th, two days after Mussolini had been captured and hanged by Italian
partisans.
They shall grow not old, as
we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
We
supply WWII Aviation related items,
we are the WWII Aviation and Spitfire Specialists.
THE WORLDS BIGGEST PRIVATE COLLECTION OF
WWII AVIATION RELATED ITEMS FOR SALE ON THE
NET
Our aim? to offer
the ultimate service to the WWII and WWI Aviation enthusiast
from the modest collector to the restoration expert's.
The Spitfire
Experience 2019 please click on this
link for details. Spitfire
hire and Spitfire replica purchase all available on this page.
Please note
all de activated weapons are now subject to new EU
regulations de activated weapons sold on this website may
need
new de
activation certificates before a sale can be confirmed. If
you wish to purchase a de activated weapon please
contact me before
completing the shopping cart.
How to use this website
We are a
well established small business who welcome customer input. WE offer a personal,
quality, mail order service WORLDWIDE.
Buying from
us is now easier you can check out straight through PayPal with no form to fill
in.
You can now pay with Credit or debit card
We have a
search facility to make finding what you need easier
Important information
about contacting Us at Spitfire Spares click on this link.
Help us identify unknown parts
and earn cash £££ look at this
page link.
1943 saw the MK IX Spitfire take to the sky's, this
aircraft which was the last Mark of Spitfire to use the Rolls Royce Merlin was
supposed to be a stop gap to combat the Focke Wulf 190 but proved to be the most
numerous Mark ever produced and arguably the most beautiful and best
balanced Spitfire of them all.
This
website has over 190 pages.
This web site offers parts for
collectors, rebuilds and display.
Full scale Replica and real aircraft for sale and hire.
All types of WWII Allied and Axis aircraft are catered for.
Reference manuals, part books, video and audio all to help you enjoy and
identify the piece you need or discover.
Static MK IX Spitfire, Hurricane, WWI Vickers FB 2 Gunbus and vehicles
for hire.
WWI RFC Wooden props
SAS and Militaria
There is a wealth of
information including parts identification, features on
aircrew, the designers and aircraft . This is being
continually updated.
We can supply static Replica Spitfires,
Hurricanes and V 1 flying bombs (STATIC USE ONLY).
We can offer upgrades to these static aircraft in the form
of full detail cockpits and power plants .
Over recent years we have developed one of these static
aircraft with a complete cockpit and V 12 power plant
You may have seen this aircraft in the film Film Pear
Harbour serial nos RF-M.
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WWI
and WW11 Aviation is without doubt an excellent investment .
With the internet the demand for WW11 aviation has rocketed.
As the demand rises the supply diminishes, remember there is
not a renewable resource for parts manufactured over
70 years ago.
The increase in value of these items over the last
decade has been rapid.
There are many rare pieces on this site which can only
increase in value as years go by, whilst at the same time
giving immense pleasure to the owner.
Every part no matter how small played a part in the great
aerial conflict of the Second World War.
The following icons link to other
useful pages on the site. You can only navigate to these pages from
the home page. Click on the icons below to view the pages.
Click on the
Australian flag to visit the Gary's Collection a must for the fan of the
Lancaster or panel collector
Please add this site to your favourites and revisit us regularly
Of coarse if you have any
items
FOR
SALE please do not hesitate to
contact us.
Lastly we hope you enjoy www.SpitfireSpares.com and look forward to hearing from
you.
Graham
Adlam
Spitfires Spares
Site owner
England
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