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This Spitfire diagram appeared in the Illustrated London News on 24 August 1940 as the Battle of Britain was still being fought.

One month later the Luftwaffe would attack and destroy the Supermarine factory in Woolston where the Spitfire was designed and first built.

#OnThisDay in 1940 the Luftwaffe attacked HMS Foylebank at Portland.

Jack Mantle, a 23-year-old from Shirley, was badly wounded but stood fast at his gun.

He died at his post, and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.

You can read about him here: https://t.co/f7cltJcId3

I’m sure we’ve all heard of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Their creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is buried at Minstead in the New Forest.

But did you know that as part of Dr Watson’s backstory he trained as a British Army surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley?

Southampton High Street. From a postcard sent in 1905.