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May 16, 2024 · Read more: Former secret Spitfire engineer Norman Parker dies aged 98. Norman explained that he decided to undertake the project to attract recruits to the Royal Observer Corps No 14 Group – a group which he had served for over 20 years as an observer officer.
May 7, 2024 · A World War Two engineer who secretly helped to build Supermarine Spitfires has died at the age of 98. Norman Parker was known across Salisbury for his work retelling the city's integral role in...
May 22, 2024 · AN “unsung hero” who secretly helped to build Spitfires during the Second World War has died. Norman Parker, 98, was a schoolboy engineer and one of the last living workers who constructed more than 2,000 fighter aircraft. They built parts in car garages, sheds, workshops and factories in Salisbury, Wilts.
May 7, 2024 · A SECOND World War engineer who told the story of Salisbury's secret Spitfire production has died, aged 98. Norman Parker, of Amesbury, died of a short illness in a nursing home surrounded by his daughters Gill and Sally on Sunday, May 5.
Aug 14, 2024 · The Singapore subspecies, designated parkeri after Norman Parker who discovered it in Singapore in the early 70's, has the hindwing sub-marginal area a pale violet-blue. The Malaysian mainland subspecies, malayana has reddish-brown hindwing.
Nov 14, 2023 · Tomorrow, Wednesday night, 96-year-old Norman Parker, who worked on the Spitfire project, talks about the movie he helped produce, ‘Secret Spitfires’, and how different elements of the manufacturing process were scattered across key production centres, including Salisbury.
Apr 3, 2024 · For those who thought they knew Glastonbury Tor inside out, Norman Parker is set to offer a radically different perspective. This May, Parker joins the ranks of Shepton Artists for his inaugural exhibition, bringing a project that casts the iconic Somerset landmark in an entirely new light.
May 28, 2024 · Special screening in memory of Norman Parker. Secret Spitfires tells the incredible story of how the 'planes that halted Hitler' were built in workshops, garages, garden sheds and even people's own bedrooms during the war years.
May 6, 2024 · As President of the Amesbury History Centre charity, he whole-heartedly advocated for the building of the new Centre, which re-opened last year, and he was well-known as a source of historical knowledge for visitors, volunteers, and trustees. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.
Apr 4, 2024 · For those who thought they knew Glastonbury Tor inside out, Norman Parker is set to offer a radically different perspective. This May, Parker joins the ranks of Shepton Artists for his inaugural exhibition, bringing a project that casts the iconic Somerset landmark in an entirely new light.
