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SPITFIRE/ML255



Serial #: ML255
Construction #:
  CBAF.8342
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  Spitfire HF Mk. IXc
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2016

History:
Delivered to South African Air Force as 5563.
- BOC: November 16, 1948.
- SOC: January 22, 1954.
-- Damaged by collision, Ysterplaat AB.
- Derelict hulk held Snake Valley, Pretoria, 1981.
SAAF Museum, 19??.
- Restored for static display.
Museo do Ar, Sintra Airbase, Portugal, 1989-2016.
- Displayed as "FA Portuguesa/ML255/MR-2".

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Johnny Comstedt

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