WARBIRD REGISTRY > SPITFIRE REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE
|
Serial #: TE476 Construction #: CBAF.IX4610 Civil Registration: G-XVIB N476TE |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe Name: Winston Churchill Status: Airworthy Last info: 2003 |
Delivered to Royal Air Force as TE476, 1945.
- Allocated to 39 MU, June 1945.
- Transferred to No 1 Civil Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit.
- Passed through various Maintenance Units.
- Stored in airworthy condition, Biggen Hill.
RAF Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight. March 1, 1958-1960.
- Damaged in belly landing.
RAF Neatishead, January 1960-1967.
- Gate guardian.
RAF Henlow, February 1967-1968.
- Used in movie Battle of Britain
, 1968.-- Used in taxy scenes.
RAF Northolt, June 2, 1970-1988.
- Gate guard.
- Replaced by fiberglass replica, 1988.
Tim Routsis/Historic Flying Ltd, Cambridge, UK, June 1988-1990.
- Registered as G-XVIB, July 3, 1989.
Kermit A. Weeks, Tamiami, FL, February 1, 1990-1991.
- Stored.
Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, April 1991-2003.
- Registered as N476TE.
- Shipped from FL to UK, May 1992 for restoration.
- First flight June 1995.
- Flown as GE-D/Winston Churchill.
-- Marked in 349 (Belgium) Squadron scheme.
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):
Scott Rose - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003.
WARBIRD REGISTRY > SPITFIRE REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE