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SPITFIRE/TE288

Supermarine Spitfire TE288

Serial #: TE288
Construction #:
  CBAF.11414
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model:
  Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2002

History:
RAF Rufforth, 1955-1959.
- Used in film Reach For The Sky, August 1955.
RAF Church Fenton, July 1959-1961.
RAF Dishforth, September 1961-1963.
Brevet Club, Canterbury, NZ, 1962-1984.
- Shipped to NZ, arrived June 28, 1963.
- Displayed on plinth near Christchurch airport as AR251.
- Replaced by fiberglass replica "TE283", 1984.
- Shipped to Woodbourne AB for restoration, 1984-1986.
RNZAF Museum, Wigram AB, 1984-2002.
- Displayed as OU-V.

Supermarine Spitfire TE288


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.
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