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Serial #: RW388 Construction #: CBAF IX4646 Civil Registration: None |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2002 |
Built in 1945.
Delivered to Royal Air Force as RW388, 19??.
- Assigned to 5, 612, & 667 Squadrons RAF.
- Transferred to Fighter Command Control and Reporting School at Middle Wallop.
-- Damaged in accident, taken off flight status.
RAF Colerne, February 1952-1960.
- Instructional airframe, marked as 3L-R.
RAF Benson, 19??-19??
- Gate guard.
RAF Andover, 1963-1967.
- Radiators removed and donated to Spitfire T.8 G-AIDN.
RAF St. Athan, April 10, 1968-1969.
- Arrived for restoration.
- Displayed in London & Edinburgh Tattoo, 1968.
RAF Bicester, October 23, 1969.
- Arrived for storage.
RAF Kemble, December 7, 1970-1971.
- Arrived for storage.
RAF Bicester, March 8, 1971-1972.
- Arrived for storage.
City Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Hanley, February 15, 1972-2002
- Outside display until 1986, then moved inside.
- Displayed as RW388/U4-U.
RW388 at RAF Andover, circa mid-60's.
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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): Peter Still - STILL Photography. Unknown. |
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