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Serial #: BL628 Construction #: CBAF 1660 Civil Registration: G-BTTN VH-FVB |
Model: Spitfire Mk. Vb Name: Marion Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
Built at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, 19??.
Delivered to Royal Air Force as BL628.
- Accepted by 12MU, January 1942.
- Allocated to RCAF squadron 401, Gravesend, February 1942.
- Issued to G.B. Murray who named it Marion after his girlfriend.
-- Credited with two Fw190`s damaged, one Fw190 destroyed.
- Transferred to 308 Squadron 31st Fighter Group USAAF, Aug 1942.
- Transferred to 167 Squadron RAF, August 1942.
- Transferred to 610 Squadron, October 1942.
Transferred to Royal Navy, 1943.
- Converted to hooked Spitfire configuration at Cunliffe Owen Aircraft Ltd, June 1943
- Allocated to 899 RN Squadron for training, Belfast, Ireland.
- Moved to St. Merryn, 1944.
- Undercarriage collapsed on landing, February 5, 1944.
- Transferred to 719 and 794 Squadrons Royal Navy at St.Merryn.
- Eventually struck off charge and abandoned.
Peter Croser & Michael Aitchison, Melbourne, Victoria, 1977-1991.
- Fuselage and cockpit section found derelict on farm, St. Merryn, Cromwell, 1977.
- Shipped to Australia.
- Rebuilt using components from UK scrapyards.
- Rebuilt in Melbourne & Adelaid.
- Shipped to UK.
-- Rebuilt by Dick Melton, 1988-1991.
D.J.T. John/Aerofab Restorations, Thruxton, August 13, 1991.
- Registered as G-BTTN.
Peter Croser & Michael Aitchison, Melbourne, Australia, 1991-2007.
- Registered as VH-FVB.
- Restored to airworthy.
-- Fuselage completed as BL628/YO-D/Marion.
- Wing assemblies built on Isle Of Wight, UK.
- Final wing assembly done in Melbourne.
- First flight, September 29, 2007.
2007
March 2000
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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): Howard Cook Colin Hunter Research Assistance: - |
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