Warplane Workshop Season 3 Episode 5 - The American Spitfire

Airdate: 2025-May-12

Episode summary:

The makeover of an iconic Spitfire becomes unexpectedly controversial as the UK re-assesses its main military alliance. Lady Ellen III was one of dozens of RAF fighters given to the US Army Air Corps during the Second World War and emblazoned with America's stars and bars. And the restoration team discover that their Spitfire's wartime pilot was a celebrated US civil rights activist.

About Warplane Workshop series:

From the iconic Spitfire to the light plane that became America's secret weapon in Vietnam, this series follows the struggle to save military ...Show more >