SPITFIRE X4276 KL-B
In tribute to one of the most evocative aerial icons of all time, the Supermarine Spitfire, TMB Art Metal are producing two ranges of Sculptures and Cufflinks made of metal from the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine fitted to Spitfire Mk 1 X4276 KL-B.
This particular Spitfire, which possessed the squadron letters KL-B and was nicknamed 'KIWI', was the personal machine of the legendary WW2 ace Alan C Deere. X4276 crashed on 28th December 1940 after a mid-air collision with another Spitfire. Of New Zealand origin (hence naming his Spitfire 'KIWI') Al Deere was one of the most successful and distinguished of all fighter pilots. By the end of the war he had shot down 22 enemy aircraft with another 10 'probables'.
TMB Art Metal have created two editions of sculptures cast using aluminium engine casing from KL-B’s Rolls-Royce Merlin which was excavated from the ground in the 1980s.
