What a great day it was on Saturday (6 September), when Piers Dowding, 3rd Baron Dowding, unveiled the bust of his grandfather in the grounds of Moffat House, the childhood home of the man who masterminded the RAF's success in the Battle of Britain.

The weather stayed fair, allowing the…

Excitement is rising as Moffat prepares to honour its most famous son with a double commemoration this coming Saturday (6 September).

The unveiling of Dr Hamish MacLeod's replica of Spitfire PT462, alongside a bust of Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, at Dowding House, will be followed by the annual Dowding Commemoration Service in Upper Annandale Parish…

Plans for Moffat's unique tribute to Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding are proceeding apace, with work on both the site and the replica pushing ahead.

PT462 has been completely stripped of its original paintwork and is now having a few minor areas of damage repaired by the experienced Bob Sloan, from Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum,…

Spitfire PT462 is having a well-deserved makeover ahead of her move to her new home at Dowding House, where she will be the focus of a tribute to Moffat's most famous son, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding.

The replica fighter, famous for its role in World War Two, is currently in the front garden of…

Contractors working on Moffat's long-overdue tribute to the "architect of deliverance" who played such a huge part in the success of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain are making rapid progress.

The Moffat Spitfire Project team is moving replica…

Work to move the replica Spitfire owned by Moffat resident Dr Hamish MacLeod to its new home in the grounds of Dowding House is now underway.

Contractors have been preparing the site in the grounds of what is now a sheltered scheme but was once home to Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, Moffat's most famous former…

The ambitious campaign to honour Lord Dowding by siting a replica Spitfire in the grounds of his former Moffat home is set to achieve its goal later this summer.

The team behind the Dowding House Spitfire project has worked with neighbours and the Royal Air Force Association to win permission to move Spitfire PT462 from its…

The man widely thought to be the 'last of the Few', Group Captain John Hemingway DFC, AE, has lent his support for Moffat's unique tribute to Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding.

Gp Capt Hemingway, now 105 and living in a care…

Plans to move Spitfire PT462 to a site in front of Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding's former home at Dowding House, now a home for retired service personnel, have taken an important step forward.

A meeting organised at the nearby Old Well Theatre to allow Dowding House residents and near neighbours to express their views about…

The team behind plans to honour Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding at the site of his childhood home are delighted to have won the backing of the great man’s grandson.

Piers Dowding, 3rd Baron Dowding, has agreed to become Honorary President of the Moffat Spitfire Project and has spoken of his delight at plans to relocate…

The team behind the Moffat Spitfire Project has been listening to the views of a number of experts and has reconsidered the placement of the replica at Dowding House.

The plan now, subject to the necessary planning permission and funding, is to site the aircraft not on a pole but on a plinth, which opens up…