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SPITFIRE/PL344



Serial #: PL344
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  G-IXCC
  N644TB
  Model:
  Spitfire LF Mk. IXe
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002

History:
Anthony Fokker Technical School, Holland, 19??.
- Dismantled, various parts sold.
Charles Church (Spitfires) Ltd, Andover, 1985-1988.
- Acquired hulk.
Charles Church (Spitfires) Ltd, Winchester, May 18, 1988-1991.
- Registered as G-IXCC.
- Rebuilt at Micheldever.
- First flight March 11, 1991.
Kermit Weeks, Miami, FL, October 1992-2001.
- Restored, Booker, UK, 1995-2000.
- First flight, October 17, 2000 as PL344/Y2-P.
- Minor damage after tipping on nose while landing, Booker, February 16, 2001.
Tom Blair, Bartow, FL, 2001.
- Shipped to USA.
Tom Blair/Southern Aircraft Inc, Bartow, FL & Gaithersburg, MD, December 2001-2002.
- Registered as N644TB.

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):
Howard Cargill.


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