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Serial #: TB885 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: None |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2018 |
Delivered to Royal Air Force as TB885, 19??.
RAF Kenley, 1955-1982.
- Used for fire fighting practice, 1955.
- Used in background of movie Reach for the Sky, September 1955.
- Buried in fire dump, 1959-1982.
Shoreham Aircraft Preservation Society, April 1982.
- Recovered from fire dump.
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum, Sevenoaks, 1985.
Shoreham Aircraft Museum, Shoreham, 1991-2015.
- Long-term restoration.
Frits van Eerd, Holland, 2018.
- Restored by the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar.
- First post restoration flight, August 4, 2018.
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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. |
Photo Source(s): Gerke Arjen Hofstra Research Assistance: - |
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