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Title
Reginald Mitchell (1895–1937)
Date
1995
Medium
bronze
Accession number
ST1_IB_S021
Acquisition method
commissioned by Stoke on Trent City Council
Work type
Statue
Owner
Stoke on Trent City Council
Custodian
Stoke on Trent City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
21st May 1995
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on plaque on: THIS STATUE OF / REGINALD J. MITCHELL C.B.E. / WAS UNVEILED ON 21ST MAY 1995 TO COMMEMORATE / THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH / BY / AIR CHIEF MARSHALL / SIR MICHAEL KNIGHT / K.C.B., A.F.C., F.R.A.E.S. / IN THE PRESENCE OF / THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE LORD MAYOR / OF THE CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT / COUNCILLOR J.E. DUNN / AND TRUSTEES OF THE / REGINALD MITCHELL MEMORIAL TRUST / CHAIRMAN, J.A. HUMPHREYS (FREEMAN OF THE CITY), / COUNCILLOR E. SMITH, (LEADER OF THE CITY COUNCIL), / JOHN RIDGWAY. JUDY RIDGWAY AND JOHN ABBERLEY. / MICHAEL TALBOT (SCULPTOR); on relief plaque below: REGINALD MITCHELL / C.B.E. A.M.I.G.E. F.R.Ae.S. / DESIGNER OF THE SPITFIRE / BORN / 20 MAY 1895
