SPITFIRE/TB252
Displayed at RAF Leuchars, circa 1972.
Serial #: TB252
Construction #:
CBAF.IX3807
Civil Registration:
G-XVIE
N7252B
ZK-NLJ
Construction #:
CBAF.IX3807
Civil Registration:
G-XVIE
N7252B
ZK-NLJ
Model(s):
Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2020
Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2020
History:
Delivered to Royal Air Force as TB252, 19??.
Historic Flying Ltd., Audley End, September 1992-2005.
Tony Banta/Banta Aviation, Livermore, CA, July 2002-2020.
Delivered to Royal Air Force as TB252, 19??.
- Displayed as gate guard, RAF Odiham, September 12, 1955-1959.
- Displayed as gate guard, RAF Acklington, August 1959-1969.
- Displayed as gate guard, RAF Boulmer, July 1969.
- Displayed as gate guard, RAF Leuchars, December 1969-1986.
- Displayed as gate guard, RAF Bentley Priory, April 1986-1988.
Historic Flying Ltd., Audley End, September 1992-2005.
- Registered as G-XVIE.
- Restoration started.
- Stored dismantled, unrestored, Audley End, 1993-1998.
Tony Banta/Banta Aviation, Livermore, CA, July 2002-2020.
- Registered as N7252B.
- Shipped to NZ for restoration to airworthy, Auckland-Ardmore, July 2002.
- Registered as ZK-NLJ, March 27, 2020.
- Engine run, November 26, 2020.
Displayed at RAF Leuchars, circa 1972.
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
Photo Source(s):
David Scragg
Research Assistance:
-
David Scragg
Research Assistance:
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