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Serial #: SM845 Construction #: 6S/672224 Civil Registration: G-BUOS SE-BIN |
Model: Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2016 |
Built at Chattis Hill, 1945.
Delivered to Royal Air Force as SM845, 19??.
- Allocated to 39 MU, May 30, 1945.
- Transferred to 46 MU, December 1945.
- Shipped to Karachi, arriced February 28, 1946.
- Transferred to South East Asia Air Command, February 28, 1946.
Delivered to Indian AF as HS 687, December 31, 1947
- In active service until late 1950s.
- Used as Airfield decoy at Kalaikunda AB, early 1970s.
Ormond & Wensley Haydon-Bailli, Duxford, 1977-1978.
- Recovered from Kalaijunda AB, India, 1977.
Marshall Moss & Richard A. Boolootian, Lancaster, CA, 1978-1981.
- Shipped unrestored from UK to California, 1978.
- Stored, crated, Lancaster-Fox Field, CA, 1978-1980.
David C. Tallichet/MARC, Chino, CA, circa 1981-1987.
- Restoration started, Tulsa, OK (later Casper, WY).
Adrian Reynard, Kidlington, UK, 1988-1992.
- Shipped to UK for completion of restoration.
Adrian J. Reynard/Reynard Racing/Park Avenue Investments Ltd, Witney, October 1992-1997.
- Restored Audley End, UK, 1992-2000.
- Registered as G-BUOS.
Historic Flying Ltd, Audley End, Essex, UK, 1997-2009.
- Restoration completed.
- First flight, July 7, 2000.
- Flew as SM845/GZ-J.
Biltema Sweden Holding AB, Angleholm, Sweden, 2009-2010.
- Registered as SE-BIN.
- Crashed during landing Tynset, Norway, August 21, 2010.
-- Pilot fatally injured.
Spitfire Ltd, St. Helier, Jersey, UK, 2012-2016.
- Reregistered as G-BUOS.
- Restored to airworthy by Historic Flying Limited and Airframe Assemblies Ltd.
- First flight, December 17, 2013.
- Aircraft is based at Humberside Airport, Kirmington, England.
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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. Federal Aviation Administration. G-INFO: Civil Aviation Authority Warbird News |
Photo Source(s): Howard Cargill. Dave Stewart Andyco41. Johnny Comstedt Gordon Riley Research Assistance: Gordon Riley John Terrell |
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