article_snippet.sent: Donation: the Mark 1 aircraft at the Imperial War Museum was bought by American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan after the Mark 1 aircraft at the Imperial War Museum was discovered in 1980.
article_snippet.sent: American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan had the Mark 1 aircraft at the Imperial War Museum restored to the Mark 1 aircraft at the Imperial War Museum original condition and now plans to donate the proceeds from the sale to the RAF Benevolent Fund and wildlife charity Panthera .
article_snippet.sent: Eventually the plane was bought by American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan, who had the plane meticulously restored to the plane original condition by a team of expert engineers.
article_snippet.sent: American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan, who had it meticulously restored to its original condition by a team of expert engineers, owns both of the surviving Mk1 Spitfires.
article_snippet.sent: American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan, who had it meticulously restored to its original condition by a team of expert engineers has now listed the plane Cazenove piloted for sale through London auctioneers Christie's UK, 75 years since the Battle of Britain, with an estimate of £2.5 million.
article_snippet.sent: American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan, who had it meticulously restored to its original condition by a team of expert engineers plans to donate the proceeds to the RAF Benevolent Fund and wildlife charity Panthera.
article_snippet.sent: American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan, who had it meticulously restored to its original condition by a team of expert engineers said: 'When my great childhood friend Simon Marsh and I embarked upon this project, it was to pay homage to those who Winston Churchill called The Few, the pilots who were all that stood between Hitler's darkness and what was left of civilization. '
article_snippet.sent: American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan, who had it meticulously restored to its original condition by a team of expert engineers said American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan, who had it meticulously restored to its original condition by a team of expert engineers embarked on the project because American billionaire philanthropist Thomas Kaplan, who had it meticulously restored to its original condition by a team of expert engineers wanted to 'enshrine a British legacy'.