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Airworthy WWII Spitfire to auction for 1 million pounds

An airworthy Spitfire is expected to sell for £1 million when it is auctioned this weekend by Bonhams in New Zealand.

The original Spitfire MK XVI was completed in late April 1945, just days before the Germans surrendered...

Later it was flown in the 1957 Battle of Britain Memorial flight before being donated to the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1959, where it was displayed for the next 38 years.
Read entire article at Telegraph