A Spitfire fuselage is sold at auction for £18,000 after spending about two decades in an aviation enthusiast’s garage. The reporting focuses on the aircraft’s earlier use and the long period it was kept before being auctioned.

Several outlets say the fuselage was built in 1945 and had been used for target practice on Salisbury Plain, including deployment on the Salisbury Plain Ranges in 1948. The buyer’s identity is not provided in the supplied summaries. Coverage also notes the enthusiast’s role in preserving it, with a recurring description that he became known as “Mr Spitfire.”

Outlets differ mainly in emphasis: some lead with the enthusiast’s personal story and, in one case, his death, while others foreground the fact it stayed in a garage for twenty years and its auction sale outcome. The core details—£18,000, roughly 20 years in a garage, and links to Salisbury Plain—are consistent across sources.