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    Airframe Family: Supermarine Spitfire
    Latest Model:Spitfire Ia
    Last Military Serial:P9444 RAF
    Compressed ID:Supermarine Spitfire Ia sn P9444 RA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Science Museum, South Kensington, London, London, England

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    Dates

    Event

    5 April 1940

    Constructed as a Spitfire Ia with s/n P9444 RAF.

    Transferred to 72 Squadron.

    3 July 1940

    Crashed.
    Details of this event are not available.

    Transferred to 1 Civilian Repair Unit.

    Transferred to RAF Cardiff.
    Placed in storage for future museum use.

    1951

    To RAF Newark.

    From December 1954 to By 1963

    To Science Museum Store, Sydenham, London.

    From 1963 to By 2008

    To Science Museum, South Kensington, London, London, England.
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    Markings Applied: P9444, RN D

    2005


    Photographer: Andy West

    9 November 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At the Science Museum, Kensington, London
    Credits
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    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Wrecks and Relics
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     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
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     Mike Henniger
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