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August 1940 |
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Constructed as a Spitfire IIA.
The 14th of 11,989 Spitfires built at the Castle Bromwich shadow factory in Birmingham. |
August 1940 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n P7350. |
13 August 1940 |
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Transferred to 6 Maintenance Unit, RAF Brize Norton. |
6 September 1940 |
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Transferred to 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron, RAF Wittering.
Operated with markings: UO-T |
17 October 1940 |
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Transferred to 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, RAuxAF, RAF Hornchurch. |
Circa October 1940 |
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Crash landing following combat. Repairs to bullet holes still in evidence until major service in 2008. |
31 October 1940 |
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Transferred to 1 CRU (Civilian Repair Unit), Cowley, Oxon. |
7 December 1940 |
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Assigned to 37 MU, RAF Burtonwood for storage.
For storage. |
18 March 1941 |
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Transferred to 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron, RAF Tangmere. |
10 April 1941 |
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Transferred to 64 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch. |
5 August 1941 |
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Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, for overhaul. |
29 January 1942 |
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Transferred to 37 Maintenance Unit, RAF Burtonwood. |
27 April 1942 |
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Transferred to Central Gunnery School, RAF Sutton Bridge. |
4 February 1943 |
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Category B Crash. |
20 March 1943 |
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Repair completed.
AST (Air Service Training), RAF Hamble. Repaired and ready for collection. |
23 March 1943 |
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Transferred to 6 Maintenance Unit, RAF Brize Norton. |
31 March 1943 |
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Transferred to 57 Operational Training Unit, RAF Eshott. |
22 April 1944 |
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Category B Crash.
Cat B damaged when another Spitfire taxied into P7350, RAF Eshott. |
From 30 April 1944 to 13 July 1944 |
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Repair started.
AST, RAF Hamble, for repairs. |
24 July 1944 |
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Assigned to 39 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne for storage. |
8 July 1948 |
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Permanently withdrawn from use.
Declared non-effective stock. |
July 1948 |
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To John Dale and C.
Sold for scrap. |
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To RAF Museum, Colerne.
The significance of the aircraft was realized and as donated to the museum. |
25 April 1968 |
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To Spitfire Productions with new c/r G-AWIJ (SPITFIRE VC, CBAF 14). |
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Restored.
Restored to flying condition for the purpose of movie production work. |
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Used in the filming of the movie Battle of Britain. |
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To The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire/Lincs, England.
After filming donated to the B.B.M.F. Now believed to be the oldest airworthy Spitfire in the world.
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By 1976 |
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Markings Applied: UO-T
Painted in the markings of 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron, RAF Wittering, September 6, 1940. (These markings were worn by this aircraft during the Battle of Britain). |
Circa 1976 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
12 September 1976 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: This Spitfire of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight staged through Southend in the Summer of 1976. |
1981 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
By August 1981 |
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Markings Applied: QV-B |
12 August 1981 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RAF St Mawgan Airshow |
Circa 1985 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
By 1986 |
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Markings Applied: Observer Corps, EB-Z |
24 May 1986 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Spitfire IIa of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire on display at the 1986 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete. |
1989 |
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Markings Applied: UO-T
Painted in the markings of 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron, RAF Wittering, September 6, 1940. |
29 July 1989 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Airshow |
29 July 1989 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
1991 |
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Markings Applied: YT-F
The markings were changed for the 1991 display season to a 65 Squadron aircraft. |
1993 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
30 August 1993 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: At Great Warbirds Airshow, Wroughton, UK, 1993 |
By 1998 |
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Markings Applied: BA-Y |
2 May 1998 |
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Photographer: Joop de Groot
Notes: 1998 photo taken at Duxford, UK. Photo displayed with written permission of Joop de Groot |
19 July 2010 |
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Photographer: Maxime HADIR
Notes: RIAT 2010 Airshow - Coded QJ-K of 92 Sqn, the aircraft in which Flt Lt Geoffrey Wellum DFC shot down his first He-111. |
By 2015 |
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Markings Applied: EB G
David Cotton comments (15 August 2024): EB-G was a 41 Squadron Aircraft as was also depicted in markings of the late 1980s as EB-Z Observer Corps. I am local to the BBMF and have knowledge of all their aircraft markings over the years which can also be verified by Chris Sandham-Baileys book on the BBMF Aircraft and their markings. |
19 July 2015 |
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Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
Notes: RAF Fairford, UK |
2019 |
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Markings Applied: KL B, P7350 |
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