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Dux Flying Legends 2019 - Fotos: Per Gram Husk at Dux er mye mer enn flyshow, det er også to flotte museer. SHOWCASE DAYS ARE BACK!

4 & 19 August  Our exciting flying days return this August! Watch as iconic aircraft including Spitfires, Mustangs and Hurricanes take to the skies for two hours of flying display and commentary. With flying in the afternoon our showcase displays are perfectly timed to also fit in a morning of exploring the museum and exhibitions. No. 19 Squadron Leader Geoffrey Stephenson piloted Spitfire N3200 on its first and only operation as he led his squadron on a patrol to cover the evacuation of Allied forces.   After shooting down a dive-bomber, Stephenson was himself shot down. He crash-landed on a beach at Sangatte, near Calais, and was captured. Stephenson remained a prisoner for the rest of the war, including a period spent at Colditz Castle, while his Spitfire was left to sink under the sand.   Stephenson continued his RAF career after the war but was killed in 1954 while test-flying in America. His Spitfire was recovered from the French sands in 1986 after strong currents revealed it, more than 45 years after it sank. The wreckage was excavated during the spring of that year and, though largely intact, very few parts could be salvaged.   Following the recovery of the aircraft’s remains, Spitfire N3200 was acquired in 2000 by Dr Thomas Kaplan and Simon Marsh. Dedicated to the restoration of this historic aircraft, they commissioned Historic Flying Limited to undertake the intensive work required to return the Spitfire to its former glory. See Spitfire Mk.Ia N3200, alongside a range of classic aircraft flying at one of our Showcase Days this August. Click here to find out more.

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