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By December 1943 |
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Constructed as a Spitfire LF.IX.
Built at Castle Bromwich under Contract No. B981687/39 |
20 December 1943 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n MJ772. |
20 December 1943 |
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Transferred to RAF Lyneham. |
20 January 1944 |
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Transferred to 341 (Alsace) SQN, RAF Perranporth. |
1944 |
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Damaged.
Carried out 50 operational sorties with 341Sqn before being damaged Cat.Ac FB while on a sortie flown by Sgt Dabos. |
By 22 June 1944 |
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Repaired. |
22 June 1944 |
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Transferred to 340 (Ile de France) SQN, Funtingdon, Hampshire. |
22 June 1944 |
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Markings Applied: GW-A |
19 August 1944 |
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Transferred to 84GSU, RAF Thruxton. |
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Transferred to 33MU, RAF Lyneham. |
27 September 1944 |
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Transferred to 83GSU, RAF Thorney Island. |
20 January 1945 |
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Damaged. |
From Unknown to 16 February 1945 |
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Repaired.
By 49MU at RAF Thorney Island. |
From 19 July 1945 to December 1945 |
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Major Inspection carried out. |
From January 1946 to July 1950 |
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Transferred to 29MU, RAF High Ercall, Shropshire. |
July 1950 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.
Sold to Vickers Armstrong. |
May 1951 |
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Converted to a Spitfire Tr.IXc. |
31 May 1951 |
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First flight.
First flight as TR.Mk.IX using Test s/n G-15-172. |
From 5 June 1951 to 1963 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Irish Air Corps with s/n 159.
Delivered to Baldonnel AB. |
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Transferred to A Flight, Fighter Squadron, Baldonnel. |
27 January 1960 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Irish Air Corps.
To instructional airframe status. |
1963 |
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To John Crewdson/Film Aviation Services, Biggin Hill. |
November 1963 |
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Arrived dismantle at Biggin Hill 11.63, stored dismantled until 3.64. |
From March 1964 to 1965 |
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To COGEA Nouvelle, Ostend, Belgium. |
1 April 1964 |
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Transported by air.
Airfreighted to Ostend ex Southend. |
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Wings exchanged with IAC 158/G-ASOZ: stored dismantled Ostend. |
1965 |
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To Anthony Samuelson/Samuelsoncos Film Services, Elstree, England. |
3 January 1966 |
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Arrived by road at Elstree. |
From 8 November 1966 to 1969 |
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To N. A. W. Samuelson, Elstree with new c/r G-AVAV. |
1967 |
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Restored.
Restored at Elstree. |
July 1967 |
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First post-restoration Flight. |
From 1967 to 1968 |
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Spitfire Productions Ltd, RAF Henlow: leased the aircraft for the movie The Battle of Britain. Flew in the movie in 1968, painted in various RAF markings. |
9 July 1968 |
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Damaged.
Landed wheels-up, Little Straughton (repaired). |
December 1969 |
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To Sir William J. D. Roberts, Shoreham keeping c/r G-AVAV. |
29 April 1970 |
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Delivered to Shoreham. |
December 1971 |
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To Sir W. J. D. Roberts/Strathallan Collection, Auchterader, Scotland keeping c/r G-AVAV. |
December 1974 |
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To Doug Champlin/Windward Aviation, Enid, OK with new c/r N8R {2}. |
13 December 1974 |
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Departed Strathallan for shipping to USA. |
1980 |
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To Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N8R {2}. |
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Based at Champlin Fighter Museum, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
 View the Location Dossier |
22 July 1980 |
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Damaged.
Damaged landing Amarillo TX, on ferry flight to Mesa. |
From 1980 to 1985 |
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Restored.
Rebuilt Mesa as a single-seater, rear cockpit faired over. |
1985 |
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Markings Applied: NL R, MJ772 |
October 1985 |
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First post-restoration Flight. |
10 August 1991 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
By 19 January 1997 |
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Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Champlin Fighter Museum. |
October 2000 |
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To Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N8R {2}.
Aircraft remained at Mesa, AZ. |
From April 2004 to 2010 |
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Loaned to EAA Airventure Museum, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
View the Location Dossier |
14 April 2004 |
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Ferry flight.
Oshkosh, WI. |
April 2010 |
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To Jeffrey G. Thomas, CA keeping c/r N8R {2}. |
25 August 2010 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the EAA Museem |
25 August 2010 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the EAA Museem |
August 2010 |
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To Volker Schulke/Air Fighter Academy, Heringsdorf, Usedom, Germany with new c/r D-FMKN. |
After September 2010 |
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Shipped to Bremgarten, Germany from USA. |
2012 |
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Restored. |
17 March 2012 |
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First post-restoration Flight.
Kept markings. |
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Based at Meiermotors GMBH, Bremgarten Airport, Eschbach, Baden-Wurttemberg.
View the Location Dossier |
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Based at Hanger 10, Heringsdorf, Zirchow-Garz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
View the Location Dossier |
3 May 2012 |
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Involved in an incident.
Damaged when intentionally belly landed. The unconfirmed circumstances was a failure to extend all or part of the landing gear. |
1 February 2016 |
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To Warbird Experiences Ltd, Biggin Hill Airport, Biggin Hill, Westerham with new c/r G-AVAV. |
8 March 2019 |
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Photographer: Fred Taylor
Notes: Seen here at Biggin Hill, UK on 8 March 2019 as a two-seater with Warbird Experiences Ltd. |
1 July 2021 |
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Photographer: John Yates
Notes: At Biggin Hill |
15 February 2022 |
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To Stichting KLu Historische Vlucht with new c/r PH-KDH. |
20 July 2022 |
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To Spitfires Flying Vintage Everyday keeping c/r PH-KDH. |
7 May 2023 |
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Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
Notes: PH-KDH as MJ772/A-GW at Twente Airport (formerly Twenthe Air Base - EHTW). |
