SPITFIRE deleted scene: Exclusive clip from upcoming documentary DVD release

Spitfire is a documentary celebrating the story of the World War II fighter plane from the accounts of the last serving veterans who flew them.

The film was released at the same time as the UK celebrated the 100th anniversary of the RAF.

Spitfire shares the experiences of men and women who flew the Spitfires and helped lead the allies to victory during World War II.

The documentary tells their stories in their own voices, their own words, through a series of interviews specifically for the film.

Spitfire comes to DVD on September 10, and Express.co.uk has an exclusive deleted scene from the documentary which you can watch right here.

Veteran Allan Scott, who featured in Spitfire, walked down the carpet of the premiere on July 9 and spoke about his time in the war.

Scott said he was excited when he was asked to participate in the documentary.

He said: “I was honoured really because I never thought anything of it. It was a job to do.

“It wasn’t hard for me to tell my story, I love talking and explaining and telling them things they didn’t know about the Spitfire.

“The youngsters should know about it, you never know. All these youngsters may be called up,” Scott added,

Another vet Joan Fanshawe didn’t think of herself as being particularly heroic, she simply had a job to do.

Fanshawe said: “I was a plotter. I was a WAF, aged 20 when I joined up in 1940 and of course, Battle of Britain was just about to be starting, so I joined up just at the time that it was really busy.

“Without the downing system, which is what I belonged to, we would never have been able to know where the German aircraft were.

“There were a lot of male plotters when we first went there, and as we arrived so they went off to fight.

“As far as we were concerned, we were way in the background but we were essential just the same.”

Though she was a pioneer as part of a team of women simply doing what they needed to do, Fanshaw didn’t see herself as being groundbreaking.

When asked what advice Fanshawe would give younger generations? “Don’t ever go to war. Don’t go to war.”

Co-director David Fairhead wanted to be sure the efforts of other nations involved were recognised in the film.

The end of the movie made sure the message wouldn’t be forgotten with a special thanks to the pilots of all nations who fought to defeat fascism in World War II as the final image on the screen.

Fairchild said: “Worldwide I think it’s as significant to the rest of the world as it is to the UK.”

“In a world where increasingly people are becoming more nationalistic, we’re failing to look at the bigger picture.

“It took a huge team to defeat the Nazis and that team included RAF pilots but also fighter pilots from overseas.

“Many people came here from the commonwealth, from the conquered countries, it was a team effort and not just, as a lot of people think, plucky Britain on its own.

“It took a worldwide effort to defeat that menace and perhaps people need to think about that now.”

Spitfire is out on DVD and Blu-ray on September 10, 2018.