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Serial #: N3200 Construction #: N/A Civil Registration: G-CFGJ |
Model: Spitfire Mk. 1a Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2015 |
Ordered as part of contract B527113/36, September 1938.
Built by Supermarine Aviation, Southampton, 1939.
- Merlin III fitted.
- First flight from Eastleigh, Nov. 29, 1939. Delivered to Royal Air Force as N3200, 1939.
- 8 MU, RAF Little Rissington, Dec. 2, 1939.
- 19 Sqn, RAF Duxford, April 19, 1940.
- Coded QV-, no individual code.
- Failed to return from Op's, when she was shot down and force-landed on the beach at Sangatte, France. May 27, 1940.
- Sqn Ldr G.D. Stephenson became a PoW.
- Airframe recovered from the sands on the beach, Sangatte, France, Spring 1986.
V3 Museum, Fortresse de Mimoyecques, France, 1986-1995.
- Remains displayed in museum.
Simon Marsh & Thomas Kaplan, 2000.
- Stored, Isle of Wight, UK.
- Stored, Essex, UK.
- Transported to Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford, to commence restoration, 2007.
- Registered as G-CFGJ to Mark One Partnership, Aug. 11, 2008.
- Fuselage constructed at Airframe Assemblies, Isle of Wight.
- Fuselage transported to Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford, 2012.
Mark One Partners LLC, Cayman Islands, August 11, 2008-2015.
- Registered as G-CFGJ.
- Under restoration, Duxford, UK.
- Fuselage completed, Duxford, 2012.
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. |
Photo Source(s): Richard Bryant Research Assistance: John Sanderson |
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