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    Airframe Family: Supermarine Spitfire
    Latest Model:Spitfire F.IX
    Last Military Serial:UB424 UBAF
    Construction Number:CBAF-IX-3120
    Last Civil Registration:N94147
    Compressed ID:Supermarine Spitfire F.IX sn UB424...
    Latest Owner or Location:4 Star Aviation Inc, Jefferson City, MO

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Spitfire F.IX.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n PV270.

    Circa September 1945

    Assigned to Treviso San Giuseppe, Italy for storage.
    Withdrawn from use.

    27 June 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aeronautica Militare Italiana with s/n MM4014.

    February 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n 20-80.
    The delivery date is provided.

    July 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Union of Burma Air Force with s/n UB424.

    July 1954

    Transferred to Hmawbi AB, Rangoon.

    Circa 1956

    Withdrawn from use.

    From 1960 to 1990

    Markings Applied: UB425
    Displayed as a gate guard on a plinth.

    From 1994 to 1998

    To Burmese AF Museum, Mingaladon AB.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: UB425
    Cosmetic restoration and repainted as UB425 camouflaged.

    From 1998 to 2001

    To Golden Aviation Partnership/David Gouldsmith, Cassville, MO.

    From Unknown to May 1999

    Transported by ship.
    Shipped from Burma to Cassville, MO.

    March 2000

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Rolla, MO.

    From April 2001 to 2008

    To Brendon E. Deere, Fielding, NZ.

    From Unknown to May 2001

    Transported by ship.
    Shipped to New Zealand arriving at Auckland-Dairy Flat.

    Restoration started.
    The work began at Dairy Flat by ITL Aviation Ltd.

    From 2003 to 2009

    Restoration continued.

    16 October 2006

    To 4 Star Aviation Inc, Jefferson City, MO with new c/r N94147.

    8 August 2007

    Civil registration, N94147, cancelled.

    From 12 November 2008 to 2014

    To ITL Aviation Ltd/Brendon E. Deere, Fielding with new c/r ZK-SPI.

    12 November 2008

    Transported by ground.
    Moved from Fielding to Ohakea AB for final preparation.

    18 March 2009

    First post-restoration Flight.

    21 December 2009

    Markings Applied: PV270 / AL

    20 August 2012

    To 4 Star Aviation Inc, Jefferson City, MO with new c/r N94147.

    25 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the 2016 Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow, Otago, New Zealand

    26 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displaying at 2016 Warbirds over Wanaka

    5 October 2018

    To ITL Aviation Limited, Palmerston North with new c/r ZK-SPI.

    7 April 2021

    To 4 Star Aviation Inc, Jefferson City, MO keeping c/r N94147.


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    Credits
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    Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher

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