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Serial #: MK959 Construction #: 17-804 Civil Registration: N959RT |
Model: Spitfire Mk. IXc Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2015 |
Delivered to Royal Air Force as MK959, 19??.
Delivered to RNAF as H-15 (later 3W-15).
- BOC: September 26, 1946.
- SOC: ?.
- Volkel AB & Eindoven AB, 1954.
-- Used as airfield decoy.
- Eindhoven AB, 1955-1987.
-- Displayed on pole as MJ289.
-- Markings later changed to MK959/H-15.
Dutch Spitfire Flight, Deelen AB, Holland, November 27, 1991-1993.
- Removed from pole, replaced with fiberglass replica.
- Stored.
Raybourne Thompson, Houston, TX, 1993-2007.
- Shipped from Netherlands to Texas.
- Registered as N959RT, April 2002.
- Restored to airworthy, 1995-2004.
- First flight, Houston-Covey Trails Airpark, TX, February 19, 2004.
- Flew in RAF scheme as MK959/5A-K.
Tom Duffy/Claire Aviation, Millville, NJ, December 5, 2007-2015.
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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. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. Federal Aviation Administration. |
Photo Source(s): LeePhoto, 2004. T. Hughes Cees van der Leeuw Research Assistance: John Parchma. |
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