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On display at Musee de l'Air et l'Espace.
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Serial #: RR263 Construction #: CBAF IX3310 Civil Registration: None |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2002 |
Built at Castle Bromwich, 1944.
Delivered to Royal Air Force as RR263, 1944.
- Assigned to 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1944-1945.
- Loaned to Vickers-Armstrong, November 1949-January 1950.
-- Used for experimental purposes.
- Delivered to 6 MU, RAF Prize Norton, 19??
-- Put into storage.
-Transferred to No 4CAACU, Llandow, Wales, 1951-1954.
-- Returned to storage, 1954.
- Used in film Reach For The Sky
, 1955.-- Used as static backdrop.
- RAF Kenly 1955-1967.
-- Gate guard as TB597/GW-B.
- Transferred to 5 MU, 1967.
-- Overhauled and painted in 340 Ille de France Squadron markings.
-- Marked as Spitfire TB597, GW-B.
- Presented to French Air Force, May 1967-1977.
-- Flown to Tours AB in RAF Beverly, May 20, 1977.
Musee de l'Air et l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget, 1978-1987.
- Displayed as TB597/B-GW.
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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. |
Photo Source(s): Howard Cargill. Unknown. Research Assistance: - |
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