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Spitfire fetches £1.17m in sale
Monday 15th September 2008, 11:50AM BST.
A Spitfire formerly based in Shropshire has sold for a record-breaking price.
The 1945 Spitfire Supermarine fighter plane sold for £1.17million at Bonhams and Goodman’s Nelson auction house yesterday.
The plane, which was based at RAF Cosford, was bought by an Asian buyer for a museum in China.
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