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Serial #: BL370 Construction #:- Civil Registration: None |
Model: Spitfire F. Mk. Vb Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2003 |
Delivered to Royal Air Force as BL370, 19??.
- Crashed in marshland near Humber Estuary, September 20, 1944.
Max Elliot, Bernard Jordan & Martin Thompson, 19??.
- Wreckage recovered from tidal mudflats, 1983-1986.
Julian Mitchell & Stephen Arnold, Kidington, UK. 1983-1996.
- Static Restoration project, Kidington, UK.
Patrick F. Taylor, New Orleans, LA, November 1996-2000.
- Acquired at auction.
-- Sold as restored fuselage and unrestored wings.
National D-Day Museum, New Orleans, LA, June 2000-2002.
- Static restoration comnpleted, California City, CA, 1998.
- Museum opened June 6, 2000.
- Displayed as BL370/SH-J.
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):
Linda Carry
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