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Serial #: SL542 Construction #: CBAF IX4656 Civil Registration: N2289J |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
Delivered to Royal Air Force, July 1945
- Allocated to 595 Squadron.
- Transferred to 695 Squadron.
- Transferred to No 1 CAACU at Hornchurch, Essex.
- Transferred to No 2 CAACU at Little Snoring.
-- Suffered accident, removing it from airworthy status, RAF Little Snoring, January 1957.
RAF Horsham St. Faith, UK, May 1957
- Gate guard.
RAF Duxford, 1960.
- Displayed.
RAF Coltishall, 1966-1988
- Displayed on pole.
RAF St. Athan, February 1989-1991
- Stored pending disposal.
- Exchanged with RAF Museum for Handley Page Hampden bomber.
Jeet Mahal, Vancouver, BC, 1992.
Dick Melton Aviation, Winchester, UK, 1994.
Mike Araldi/Pegasus Investments/Jet Cap Aviation Corp, Inc, West Palm Beach, FL, May 11, 1994-2002.
- Registered as N2289J.
- Operated by Anthony Gurak, Westmount, Quebec, 1996-2002.
- Under restoration to airworthiness, Bartow, FL, 1996-1999 (later Westmount, Quebec, 2000).
Duxford, UK, circa 1960.
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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 - Peter Still Photographic Unknown. |
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