THE pride of the RAF found a new temporary home at the weekend.
The Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight touched down at the Yorkshire Air Museum and lodged there overnight.
The museum, at Elvington, near York, gave the RAF use of one of its hangars to help the flight with its weekend programme over the region.
After a thrilling flypast the Spitfire, arguably the most famous of wartime fighter aircraft, taxied into the museum before visitors attending a war games show.
Among those who got a close look were veterans from 578 Squadron and No 6 Group Royal Canadian Air Force.
Yesterday, the Spitfire was rolled out, refuelled and took to the air, where it was joined by the flight's Lancaster bomber for a further display for the crowds.
Museum director Ian Reed said: "This was a last-minute decision by the RAF and it meant us working into the night to move aircraft so we could accommodate the Spitfire under cover.
"But visitors were able to get up close to this famous aircraft and it was well worth it.
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