7/2/2023 0 Comments Spitfire clothing history![]() To help the war effort, many community-led initiatives took place throughout the years of the Second World War. Marks & Spencer isn’t the only example of the Home-Front’s fundraising endeavours during WWII. ![]() Tommy Rigler survived the war years and eventually retired holding the rank of Squadron Leader. The Sergeant’s heroic actions while at the controls of The Marksman earned him the Distinguished Flying Medal and a Distinguished Flying Cross. Sergeant Rigler and his Mk5 Spitfire shot down and destroyed three enemy aircraft at 20,000ft in the skies above the French town.īelow the action, thousands of men on the beach had been constantly exposed to aerial bombardment by the Germans. Soon after entering service, a pilot named Sergeant ‘Tommy’ Rigler found himself engaged in fierce fighting above the beaches of Dunkirk while flying the M&S-bought Spitfire. Marksman proved to be an apt name for the fighter plane. ![]() M&S have produced a special limited-edition tin of Scottish shortbread biscuits to pay tribute to their colleagues from yesteryear who raised the money for the aircraft, and to the ‘Marksman’ Spitfire itself. VE Day 75 will be celebrated across Britain and the world on Friday May 8, 2020, exactly 75 years on from the moment guns fell silent across Europe - the day Allied Forces defeated Hitler’s Germany.
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