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Serial #: X4590 Construction #: 6S/81254 Civil Registration: None |
Model: Spitfire Mk. Ia Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2011 |
History:
Ordered as part of contract B19713/39, June 9, 1940.
Built by Supermarine Aviation, Southampton, 1940.
- Merlin III fitted.
- First flight from Eastleigh, September 30, 1940.
Delivered to the Royal Air Force as X4590
- A Flight, 609 Sqn, RAF Middle Wallop, October 8, 1940.
- Coded PR-F.
- Flew during Battle Of Britain.
- Credited with ½ share of Ju-88. Pilot P/O S. J. Hill. October 21, 1940.
- 66 Sqn, RAF Exeter, February 24, 1941.
- 57 OTU, RAF Hawarden, Chester. April 7, 1941.
- 303 (Polish) Sqn, RAF Speke, July 18, 1941.
- 53 OTU, RAF Llandow, February 14, 1942.
- Involved in 3 accidents.
- 3 MU, RAF Milton, March 20, 1944.
- 82 MU, RAF Lichfield, May 16, 1944.
- 52 MU, RAF Cardiff, Aug. 28, 1944.
- Stored for museum / exhibition purposes.
- Allocated to RAF Exhibition Flight, RAF Bicester. Used as a travelling exhibit.
RAF Museum, UK, 1972-2011.
- RAF Museum, Henlow, 1972.
- Official handover, September 15, 1972.
- Allocated instructional serial 8384M.
- RAF Finningley Station Museum, September 1974.
- RAF Museum, Cosford. 1976.
- RAF Museum, Hendon, 1978.
- Displayed in 609 Sqn colours as ‘X4590 / PR-F’.
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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): Peter Still - STILL Photography. Robert Rudhall Collection. Research Assistance: John Sanderson |
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