Autumn 1940. The Battle of Britain rages.
Southampton is home to Britain's only hope of victory: the Spitfire. But when the Luftwaffe drops 2,300 bombs in three devastating raids, the city goes up in flames and the Woolston Supermarine Spitfire factory is destroyed. From the ashes, a story of chaos, courage and community spirit emerges.
Jackie is the third generation of Dimmock at her family-run laundry. Polly is the first and only draughtswoman in the Spitfire design office. How will each woman forge her own path in this evolving landscape?
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'A bolshy drama… unearths a fascinating piece of local history'
" - Guardian
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'Ambitious and absorbing... mixes the intimate with the panoramic'
" - The Times
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'Brenton is a master of portraying major historical episodes on an individual human scale... it’s valuable that a play like this exists'
" - Financial Times
