Spitfire heroine
The Spitfire will not be able to mark its 70th anniversary next year without the help of one Englishwoman, Lucy Houston.
In 1931, Lady Houston donated an unsolicited £100,000 to develop the aircraft and Rolls-Royce engine (the precursor to the Merlin) to compete in the 1931 Schneider air race.
The team that won that race went on to develop the aircraft into the Spitfire.
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