Replica Spitfire in Lytham

A full-sized replica Spitfire aircraft has gone on show for the first time in Lytham.

Hundreds of people lined the banks of Fairhaven lake to watch the installation of the 9 metre plane.

It's a model of Lytham's own spitfire which was shot down in the second world war.

A three-year fundraising campaign by the town's Spitfire Display Team has raised 40 thousand pounds to build the memorial.

A full-sized replica Spitfire has been installed at Fairhaven Lake in Lytham, just days ahead of the area's annual wartime weekend.

It's been 70 years since Lytham St Annes' own Spitfire W3644 was shot down off the Devon coast, while returning from escorting bombers over France.

A full-sized replica Spitfire has been installed at Fairhaven Lake in Lytham, just days ahead of the area's annual wartime weekend.

Volunteers raised the money to build the replica, which will be the centrepiece of a lakeside RAF Fighter and Bomber Command memorial.

It's been 70 years since Lytham St Annes' own Spitfire W3644 was shot down off the Devon coast, while returning from escorting bombers over France.