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    Airframe Family: Supermarine Spitfire
    Latest Model:Spitfire HF.IX
    Last Military Serial:5519 SAAF
    Last Civil Registration:C-GYQQ
    Compressed ID:Supermarine Spitfire HF.IX sn 5519...
    Latest Owner or Location:6984045 Canada Inc, Ottawa, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a Spitfire HF.IX.

    6 August 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n TE294.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 5519.

    4 January 1951

    Crashed.
    Badly damaged in a landing accident at Waterkloof AB.

    22 January 1951

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the South African Air Force.

    From By 1955 to By 1980

    To South African Metal MacHinery Co./Harold Barnett, Salt River, Cape Town.

    To SAAF Museum.
    Obtained from the museum as a scrapyard hulk.

    By 1981

    To Mark de Vries, Bryanston, South Africa.

    Restoration started.
    Restoration started at Honeydew, South Africa.

    From Unknown to By 1999

    To Mark de Vries, Bryanston, Vancouver, BC.

    From Unknown to 28 May 1999

    Transported by ship.
    Moved to CFB Comox, BC, Canada.

    1999

    To Comox Air Force Museum, CFB Comox, Lazo, BC.
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    In the inventory of Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, QC.
    Ownership transferred, but initially the restoration continued at Comox.

    Restoration continued.
    Restoration continued at Comox as the Y2K project for the museum. The plan is to restore the airframe as MK304 of 442 Squadron flown by F/L Arnold Rosland. MK304 was assigned the code Y2-K. Y2 was the squadron code for 442 Squadron which did operate Spitfires, and K was the individual aircraft code assigned to MK304.

    18 August 2007


    Photographer: Andrew Shaw
    Notes: Seen undergoing restoration at Comox,BC. At that time it was painted as TE294.

    8 June 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Pictured here are the wings under construction at Vintage Wings of Canada in Gatineau, QC.

    8 June 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    8 June 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    8 June 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, QC.
    Moved to Gatineau for completion of the restoration.
    View the Location Dossier

    Restoration continued.

    28 February 2017

    To 6984045 Canada Inc, Ottawa, ON with new c/r C-GYQQ.

    2017

    Restoration completed.

    2017

    First flight.

    23 July 2018


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: With markings Y2-K at AirVenture 2018, Oshkosh, WI

    26 July 2018


    Photographer: Andrew Shaw
    Notes: Great to see this Spitfire in the air at Oshkosh, eleven years after I saw it being restored at Comox
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    The Spitfire Site by Martin Waligorski
    Transport Canada
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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