The Secret Spitfire Memorial was the brainchild of Chris Whalley, former President of the Salisbury Rugby Club. After organising a showing of the film, The Secret Spitfires, at the Club to raise money for new changing rooms, Chris struck up a friendship with the film’s director and producer, Ethem Cetintas, and decided that Salisbury needed a lasting tribute to the extraordinary people of the city who contributed so much to the war effort.