Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Imwe yeSpitfires dzokutanga kupinda mubasa yakatengeswa ne£2.5 miriyoni pashure pokupedza makore 40 yakavigwa mujecha pamhenderekedzo yeFrance payakadonhera. The Mark 1 shanduro Reginald Mitchell yakakurumbira magadzirirwo aiva pakati vokutanga yakavakwa muna March 1940 asi Spitfire P9374, kamwe nendege nemunhu airman zvinobatanidzwa Great Escape, haana kuzviita kuti Hondo Britain sezvo yakadonha-kudonha muna May 1940. Ndege yehondo, yakatumidzwa kuti ballerina nemhaka yorunako rwayo mudenga, yakanga ichitungamirirwa naFlying Officer Peter Cazenove pamusoro peDunkirk apo yakarohwa nebara rimwe chete rakabva kubhomba reGermany Dornier. Isati yarasika, Spitfire P9374 pane imwe nguva yakanga yakangotungamirirwa naSquadron Leader Roger Bushell, gare gare 'Big X', uyo akanga ari chikamu chekuputika kwakakurumbira kubva kumusasa wevasungwa vehondo weGermany Stalag Luft III. Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. Kudzokera mudenga: Iyi ndege yeMark 1 yaiva pakati peyokutanga kuvakwa muna March 1940, asi Spitfire P9374 haina kutongopinda muHondo yeBritain sezvo yakadonhera muDunkirk muna May 1940. Muna 1980 matongo acho akawanikwa apo chikamu chawo chakaonekwa chichibuda muguva racho rine jecha. Vakakandwa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa: Varwi veGermany vakanga vakagara muSpitfire yakadonhedzwa pajecha rakanyorova paCalais naFlying Officer Peter Cazenove. Yakanga yarohwa nebara rimwe chete rakabva kubhomba reGermany Dornier. Ndege yacho yakaparadzwa nemhenderekedzo yegungwa ine jecha ndokugara imomo kwamakore 40. Yakabatwa: Ndege yehondo (inoratidzwa kuruboshwe) yakanga ichitungamirirwa naFlying Officer Peter Cazenove (kurudyi) pamusoro peDunkirk payakarohwa nebara rimwe chete kubva kubhomba reGerman Dornier. Cazenove akabva abatwa nemaNazi ndokuendeswa kuStalag Luft III musasa wevasungwa vehondo. Cazenove, murume ane makore 32 okukura weOld Etonian wedzinza rokutengesa masheya akanga achibhururuka basa rake rokutanga rokurwa, akanga asina chisarudzo kunze kwokuunza ndege yacho pasi pajecha rakanyorova paCalais, pasinei zvapo nokutaura neredhiyo kuti 'Udza amai vangu kuti ndichauya kumba kuzonwa tii!' nguva pfupi asati adaro. Akabva abatwa nevaNazi ndokuendeswa kumusasa wevasungwa vehondo weStalag Luft III, wakakurumbira nokuda kweThe Great...
The Mark 1 shanduro iconic ndege aiva mumwe wokutanga Spitfires kupinda chiito, uye yakavakwa muna March 1940. Asi Spitfire P9374 haina kumbosvika kuHondo yeBritain sezvo yakadonha pamhenderekedzo yeFrance ndokugara yakavanzwa kwamakore 40. Pane imwe nguva yakanga yakanyanyotungamirirwa naSquadron Leader Roger Bushell, gare gare Big X weGreat Escape mukurumbira. Matongo acho akawanikwa muna 1980 uye akadzorerwa kumamiriro ayo apakuvamba. Ichatengeswa pamutengo we £ 2.5million.