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Serial #: TD248 Construction #: CBAF IX4262 Civil Registration: G-OXVI |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
Built as Castle Bromwich.
Delivered to Royal Air Force as TD248, May 11, 1945.
- Accepted by 6MU.
- Assigned to 695 Sqn.
- Transfered to 2 CAACU, August 31, 1951.
- Transferred to 9 MU, May 27, 1954.
RAF Hooteen Park, October 4, 1955-1959.
- Transferred to 610 Squadron for display.
- Stored from 1957-1959.
- Issued airframe number 7246M.
RAF Sealand, April 8, 1959-1967.
- Gate Guard.
RAF Henlow, 1967-1968.
- Used for movie Battle of Britain
RAF Sealand, 1968-1988.
- Displayed on pole.
Tim Routs/Historic Flying Ltd., Cambridge, June 1988.
Eddie Coventry, Earls Colne, August 1988.
- Retrieved from RAF Sealand, October 14, 1988.
Eddie Coventry/BAC Aviation Ltd, Earls Colne, August 22, 1989-1996.
- Registered as G-OXVI.
- Restored to airworthiness, Audley End.
- First flight November 10, 1992.
Karel Bos/Bosal Group/Silver Victory, Antwerp, Belgium, May 6, 1996-2001
Historic Flying Ltd, Audley End & Duxford, 2000-2004.
- Badly damaged at Duxford, UK on May 11, 2001.
-- Rebuilt, Duxford.
- First flight, May 27, 2002.
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):
Tim Clark
Dave McDonald.
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