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Serial #: P7350 Construction #: CBAF.14 Civil Registration: G-AWIJ |
Model: Spitfire F Mk IIa Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2013 |
Ordered as part of contract B981687/39, April 12, 1938.
Built by Supermarine Aviation at the Castle Bromwich facility, Birmingham, 1940.
- Merlin XII fitted
- Believed to be the 14th Spitfire built at Castle Bromwich.
Delivered to Royal Air Force at P7350, 1940
- BOC, 6 MU, RAF Brize Norton, August 13, 1940.
- 266 (Rhodesia) Sqn, RAF Wittering, September 6, 1940.
- Coded UO-T
- 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAuxAF, RAF Hornchurch, Oct 17, 1940.
- Crash landing following combat. Repairs to bullet holes still in evidence until major service in 2008.
- 1 CRU (Civilian Repair Unit), Cowley, Oxon, October 31, 1940.
- 37 MU, RAF Burtonwood for storage, December 7, 1940.
- 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn, RAF Tangmere, March 18, 1941.
- 64 Sqn, RAF Hornchurch, April 10, 1941.
- Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, for overhaul. August 5, 1941.
- 37 MU, RAF Burtonwood, January 29, 1942.
- Central Gunnery School, RAF Sutton Bridge, April 27, 1942.
- Cat B accident, February 4, 1943.
- AST (Air Service Training), RAF Hamble. Repaired and ready for collection, March 20, 1943.
- 6 MU, RAF Brize Norton, March 23, 1943.
- 57 OTU, RAF Eshott, March 31, 1943.
- Cat B damaged when another Spitfire taxied into P7350, RAF Eshott, April 22, 1944.
- AST, RAF Hamble, for repairs, April 30, 1944.
- RAF Hamble, awaiting collection, July 13, 1944.
- 39 MU, RAF Colerne. Stored. July 24, 1944.
- Declared non-effective stock, July 8, 1948.
John Dale & Sons Ltd., UK
- Purchased as scrap, July 8, 1948.
- Donated to RAF Colerne Collection.
RAF Colerne Collection
- Static display.
- To Henlow by road for restoration to airworthy condition, March 3, 1967.
- Registered as G-AWIJ to Spitfire Productions Ltd., April 25, 1968.
-- Ministry Of Defence retained ownership.
- Appeared in movie Battle of Britain
, 1968- Returned to RAF, October 1968.
Battle of Britain Flight, 1968.
- RAF Coltishall.
- Coded ZH-T of 266 Sqn until 1971.
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, 1969.
- Flight renamed to Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, January 1, 1969.
- Coded UO-T of 266 Sqn from 1972 until 1977.
- Flight moved to RAF Coningsby, March 1, 1976.
- Coded QV-B of 19 Sqn from 1978 until 1981.
- Coded SH-D of 64 Sqn from 1982 until 1984.
- Coded EB-Z of 41 Sqn from 1985 until 1988.
- Coded UO-T of 266 Sqn from 1989 until 1990.
- Coded YT-F of 65 Sqn from 1991 until 1993.
- Damaged on take-off, RAF Chivenor, July 29,1992.
- Coded RN-S of 72 Sqn
- Coded BA-Y of 277 (Air Sea Rescue) Sqn from March 1997.
- RAF St. Athan for major overhaul, September 25, 2000.
- Returned to Flight, RAF Coningsby, June 6, 2001.
- Coded XT-D of 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn.
- Coded XT-W of 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn, May 2006
- Coded XT-L, the aircraft flown by Ace Gerald ‘Stapme’ Stapleton, May 2007.
- Aircraft Restoration Company, Duxford for major service, September 29, 2008.
- Coded QJ-K of 92 Sqn, the aircraft in which Flt Lt Geoffrey Wellum DFC shot down his first He-111.
- Test flight, September 16, 2009.
- Returned to Flight, RAF Coningsby, September 2009.
- Coded EB-G of 41 Sqn, the aircraft flown by Ace Flt Lt Eric Lock.
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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. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. |
Photo Source(s): Nigel Roling/Pentavia Digital Imaging Unknown. Research Assistance: John Sanderson |
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