Ministry of Aircraft Production Plaque

This plaque was presented to Mrs Willard Kitchen from British Colombia, Canada, to commemorate the purchase of Hurricane Mk IIB ‘Wilmar Vancouver’ which served with Nos. 32 and 615 Squadrons during the Second World War.

Fighter Funds were set up in 1940, with £5,000 needed to purchase a fighter aircraft which was then named after an individual, business, town or city. They enabled ordinary people to contribute to the war effort and brought communities and Allied countries together. Mrs Kitchen donated £8,000. The popularity of Spitfires helped make the schemes a huge success and, by 1943, over 1,500 aircraft had been presented to the RAF.