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SPITFIRE/TE311

Supermarine Spitfire TE311

Serial #: TE311
Construction #:
  CBAF.IX4497
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model:
  Spitfire LF Mk XVIe
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2002

History:
Delivered to Royal Air Force as TE311, 19??.
RAF Tangemere, August 11, 1955-1967.
- Gate Guard.
RAF Henlow, 1967-1968.
- Used in movie Battle of Britain for taxy scenes, 1968.
RAF Benson, September 1968-1977.
RAF exhibition Flight, RAF Abingdon, 1977-1999.
- Travelling display exhibit.
- Loaned to SERCO, West Midlands.
- Loaned to Bayeux Museum, France.
- Flew as MK178/LZ-V.
Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby, October 1999-2002.
- Arrived dismantled for spares source.

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):
Unknown

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