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Serial #: ML417 Construction #: 6S-730116 6S-735188 for Mk. Tr 9 Civilian Registration: G-BJSG |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. IXe Spitfire TR Mk. 9 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 Additional Information: The Fighter Collection |
Delivered to 443 Squadron RCAF during Spring, 1944.
- Credited with on Fw 190 damaged.
- Credited with two Bf 109 confirmed destroyed.
- Credited with one Bf 109 probablly destroyed.
-- Aircraft was shared between several squadrons as a group resource.
Vickers Armstrongs Ltd, East Leigh, October 31, 1946
- Rebuilt as Mk. Tr 9.
- Issued new construction number (6S-735188).
Delivered to Indian Air Force as HS543, 1948.
- Allocated to IAF Museum, 1968, stored Palam AB.
Senator Norman E. Gaar & Richard Moore, Fort Collins, CO., April 1971-1980.
- Shipped to USA March 1972, rebuild started at Ft. Collins, CO.
B.J.S. Grey, Duxford, UK. June 11, 1980.
- Shipped to UK, August 7, 1980.
- Partially Restored.
Stephen Grey/Patina Ltd/The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, January 29, 1981-2001.
- Rebuiild completed.
- Registered as G-BJSG.
- Converted to Mk. IXc single seater.
- First flight February 10, 1984 as ML417/21-T.
Tom Friedkin/Chino Spitfires Inc, Chino, CA, December 2001-2004.
- Shipped to USA from Southhampton Docks, December 12, 2001.
- Arrived at Galveston, TX, trucked to Houston for assembly.
- Based at Planes Of Fame.
- Registered as N2TF.
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):
Nigel Roling - Pentavia Digital Imaging, http://website.lineone.net/~roling46/, 2002
Unknown.
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