Model Spitfire and Stone Plinth at The Orchard, Ruislip

Model Spitfire and Stone Plinth at The Orchard, Ruislip
  • Hillingdon reference: HWM027
  • Imperial war museum number: 2185
  • War commemorated: WW2
  • Ward: Ruislip
  • Description: From 1946, there was a 1/3 scale model Spitfire supported on 2 steel roads on a stone plinth outside the Orchard Public House (a popular haunt of the Polish Air Force Squadrons during WW2). The model was dismantled, refurbished and restore at site in 1996, only to be stolen in 1997. It was replaced in 2007 with a new scale model MkVb Spitfire (made at Pinewood) and decorated in the colour of 303 Polish Squadron. The stone bears Polish Air Force insignia and inscription:

MEMORIES THAT LIVE ON/POLISH AIRMEN AND "THE/ORCHARD" FROM 1940 IN W.W.2. 

  • Level of protection: Conservation area  
  • Condition: Good
  • Maintenance ownership: Orchard Spitfire Memorial Fund
  • Architect/designer: Unknown
  • Date first unveiled: Unknown
  • Information provided by: Hillingdon Council / UKNIWM
  • Date of photograph: 2021
  • Access: No appointment needed - it can be seen from public highway
Address

The Orchard Beefeater

Ickenham Road

Ruislip

HA4 7DR

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