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    Airframe Family: Supermarine Spitfire
    Latest Model:Spitfire PR.XI
    Last Military Serial:PL979 RAF
    Compressed ID:Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI sn PL979...
    Latest Owner or Location:Forsvaret Flysamling Museum (Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection), Gardemoen Airport, Oslo, Oslo

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Spitfire PR.XI.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n PL979.

    To Forsvaret Flysamling Museum (Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection), Gardemoen Airport, Oslo, Oslo.
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    Markings Applied: ZB A

    24 May 2011


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: 2011 photo at Forsvaret Flysamling Museum (Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection), Kjeller Airport, Oslo - Delivered to the RAF on 17th October 1944, initially into storage. It then served with 1 PRU and 4 Sqn. from airfields in France, Belgium and Holland. It was sold to the RNoAH in July 1947 and served with 331Skv and 1 PRU. This aircraft had the honour of operating RNoAFs last Spitfire flight on 25 March 1954. The pilot on that Day - 2nd Lt Amund Klepp subsequently bought the aircraft for 1 krone.

    7 August 2012


    Photographer: Clive Hindmarch
    Notes: 2012 photo taken at the Armed Forces Aircraft Collection Museum, Gardermoen, near Oslo airport in Norway
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