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SPITFIRE/RM873

Supermarine Spitfire

Serial #: RM873
Construction #:
  6S/432296
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model:
  Spitfire F Mk. XIV
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2012

History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian AF as RM873.
- BOC: 1944.
- SOC: N/A.
- Accepted by No. 39 Maintenance Unit at RAF Colerne, Wales, October 8th, 1944.
- Assigned to No. 402 "City of Winnipeg" Squadron, October 25, 1944.
- Crashed, November 1944.
- Repaired.
- Transferred to No. 401 Squadron.
Delivered to Royal Thai AF as Kh14-6/93, November 1950.
- Display aircraft, Sawankalok, Thailand.
- Mainplane sold to Peter Sledge for RR232, 1981.
- Fuselage stored, Sawankalok, Thailand, 1985.
Foundation for the Pres. & Devel. of Thai Aircraft/Tango Squadron, Chiang Mai AB, 1994-2002.
- Fuselage stored, 1993-1994.
- Restoration project, Chiang Mei AB, 1993-1994.
- Moved to Bangkok-Don Muang, 1995.
- Stripped of parts for other Spitfire restoration.
- Hulk stored, Ta Khli AB, 2003-2004.
- Forward fuselage stored at Saraburi Aero Park, 2007.
Vintage Wings Of Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, 2011-2012.
- Stored pending restoration.

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-5th Edition, 2008.
Video/Photo Source(s):
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Research Assistance:
Robert Burford

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