WARBIRD REGISTRY > SPITFIRE REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE
|
Serial #: MA863 Construction #: Unknown Civil Registration: None |
Model: Spitfire F Mk. Vc Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2004 |
Delivered to RAAF as A58-246.
- BOC: October 1943.
- Damaged in crash landed, Lake Tarang, Victoria, August 26, 1945.
- Instructional airframe, RAAF Nhill, Victoria.
Richard E. Hourigan & Ron Lee, Melbourne, Victoria, 19??.
- Hulk recovered from farm.
Ian A. Whitney, Romsey, Victoria, 1975-1998.
- Under restoration to airworthy.
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK, 1998-2000.
- Restoration started.
USAFM, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, 1998-2004.
- Restoration completed at Duxford.
- Rolled out, February 16, 2000.
- Airfreighted to USAFM in C-5A.
- Displayed as MA863/XR-T.
|
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): Pat Carry. Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group Research Assistance: - |
WARBIRD REGISTRY > SPITFIRE REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE