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| WAR EFFORT: Winston Churchill visits Castle Bromwich in 1941. Picture/Imperial War Museum |
TODAY'S newspapers are full of photos of Winston Churchill - who died exactly 50 years ago.
One image overlooked by the national press, which will be of particular interest to local readers, is this shot taken in 1941.
It shows the wartime Prime Minister during a visit to the Castle Bromwich Aerodrome.
He is pictured talking to Alex Henshaw, who was the site's chief test pilot for Spitfires and Lancaster Bombers built at the adjoining factory.
Mr Henshaw would go on to write a book about his role and following his death in 2007, McCarthy and Stone decided to name a new retirement complex in Chester Road after the well-known figure.
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