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Serial #: BR601 Construction #: GAL/R/6S-160931 Civil Registration: N601FF |
Model: Spitfire F Mk. IX Name: None Status: Stored Last info: 2007 |
Delivered to South African AF as 5631.
- BOC: March 13, 1949.
Harold Barnett/South African Metal & Machinery Co, Salt River, Cape Town, SA, March 10, 1955-1987.
- Displayed on pole at scrapyard as PV260/DB-P.
- Later restored by Atlas Aircraft Co., Capetown, SA.
Auctioned by Christies, London, UK, October 31, 1987.
Doug A. Arnold/Warbirds of GB Ltd, Biggin Hill, UK, October 31, 1987-1992.
- Arrived dismantled, Thruxton, July 6, 1989.
- Stored, 1989-1992.
- Partially restored, 1992.
Dick Melton Aviation, Winchester, 1993.
Mike Araldi & Harry Stenger/Jet Cap Aviation Corp, Bartow, FL, USA, 1994-2001.
- Under restoration to airworthy, Bartow, FL.
B. D. Hunter, Houston, TX, 2001.
Lone Star Air Museum, Galveston, TX, 2001-2007.
- Stored, 2001-2006.
- Registered as N601FF, December 2007.
Spitfire/TA805 on a plinth in a scrap yard in Cape Town, South Africa.
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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): Mike Whitaker Brian Berrill Research Assistance: - |
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