WARBIRD REGISTRY > SPITFIRE REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE
|
Serial #: TE294 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: None |
Model: Spitfire HF Mk. IX Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2006 |
History:
Delivered to South African Air Force as 5519.
- BOC: August 7, 1947.
- SOC: January 22, 1951.
- Badly damaged in landing accident, Waterkloof AB, January 4, 1951.
Harold Barnett/South African Metal & Machinery CO, Salt River, Cape Town, 1955-1980.
SAAF Museum, 19??.
- Hulk recovered from scrapyard.
Mark de Vries, Bryanston, South Africa (later Vancouver, BC), 1981-1999.
- Restoration project at Honeydew, South Africa.
Comox Air Force Museum, 19 Wing Comox, Comox CFB, BC, 1999-2006.
- Undergoing rebuild to airworthy as TE294/Y2-K.
Circa 2001
Circa 2001
|
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. Harold Muller - Comox Air Force Museum |
Photo Source(s): Harold Muller - Comox Air Force Museum Pat Murphy - Comox Air Force Museum Brian Rempel |
WARBIRD REGISTRY > SPITFIRE REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE