Dates |
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Event |
1944 |
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Constructed as a Spitfire LF.IXe. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n PL344. |
1 July 1944 |
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Transferred to 8 MU, Little Rissington. |
19 July 1944 |
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Transferred to General Aircraft Ltd. |
12 August 1944 |
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Transferred to 602 Squadron. |
28 September 1944 |
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Transferred to 442 Squadron RCAF, Saint Croix-Sur-Mer, Normandy. |
26 December 1944 |
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Damaged.
Evaluated as Category B. |
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Repaired. |
19 April 1945 |
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Transferred to 401 Squadron.
Operated out of airbases in Germany. |
16 September 1945 |
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Transferred to 88 Group Headquarters. |
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Transferred to 129 Squadron. |
5 May 1946 |
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Crashed.
Wheels-up landing at Eindhoven. |
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Transferred to 151 Repair Unit, Wevelgem Airfield, Brussels. |
10 December 1946 |
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Damage evaluated as Category C. |
10 December 1946 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force. |
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To Institute of Technology, Delft, Holland. |
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Over time the airframe was dismantled and components were dispersed. |
From 1985 to By 1985 |
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To Charles Church (Spitfires) Ltd, Andover.
Transferred to Mr. Church as a hulk. Rebuild planned. |
From 18 May 1988 to 1992 |
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To Charles Church (Spitfires) Ltd, Winchester with new c/r G-IXCC (SPITFIRE IX, PL344). |
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Restored at Micheldever. |
11 March 1991 |
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First post-restoration Flight. |
From October 1992 to By 1992 |
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To Kermit A. Weeks, Tamiami, FL.
Did not immediately leave the UK for Florida. |
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Based at Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
 View the Location Dossier |
7 December 1992 |
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Leased to Personal Plane Services, Wycombe Air Park, Booker.
Sent to PPS for further improvements. |
From By 1995 to By 1995 |
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Markings Applied: Y2 P, PL344
Restored at Booker. |
17 October 2000 |
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First post-restoration Flight. |
16 February 2001 |
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Involved in an incident.
Slightly damaged when tipped on nose during a over-run landing at Wycombe Air Park, Booker. |
2001 |
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To Tom Blair, Bartow, FL. |
April 2001 |
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Crated for shipping at Booker. |
June 2001 |
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Transported by ship.
Moved to the USA. |
By 2001 |
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Reassembled.
Reassembled at Bartow, FL. |
31 October 2001 |
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Civil registration, G-IXCC, cancelled. |
13 December 2001 |
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To Southern Aircraft Leasing Inc/Tom Blair, Bartow, FL with new c/r N644TB. |
18 January 2002 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX644TB (SPITFIRE IX, PL344) issued. |
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To Spitfire USA Ltd, Rockville, MD keeping c/r N644TB. |
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To Easton Newnam Field (ESN), Easton, MD.
View the Location Dossier |
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Markings Applied: TL B |
By 2004 |
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Markings Applied: TL B, PL344 |
From Unknown to 12 January 2007 |
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Transported by ship.
Moved from Florida to Duxford, England for an overhaul and modifications. |
12 January 2007 |
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Contracted to ARCo, Duxford for work on the airframe. |
24 October 2007 |
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First flight. |
21 November 2007 |
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Civil registration, N644TB, cancelled.
Exported to United Kingdom. |
15 January 2008 |
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To Spitfire Ltd/Tom Blair, Saint. Helier, Jersey with new c/r G-IXCC (SPITFIRE IX, PL344). |
13 July 2008 |
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Photographer: Gordon Riley |
1 November 2010 |
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Civil registration, G-IXCC, cancelled. |
12 November 2010 |
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To Spitfire USA Ltd, Easton, MD with new c/r N644TB. |
1 December 2010 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX644TB (SPITFIRE IX, PL344) issued. |
11 October 2019 |
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Civil registration, N644TB, cancelled.
Exported to United Kingdom. |
5 November 2019 |
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To Aerial Speed Icons, Duxford, England with new c/r G-IXCC. |
14 September 2021 |
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To Aerial Speed Icons PTY Ltd, Albion Park Rail, NSW with new c/r VH-IUK. |
14 September 2021 |
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To Aerial Speed Icons Pty. Ltd, Albion Park Rail, NSW keeping c/r VH-IUK. |
14 September 2021 |
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To Aerial Speed Icons Pty. Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales keeping c/r VH-IUK. |
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