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Constructed as a Spitfire LF.XVIe. |
1 January 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n TE330. |
Circa 1945 |
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Transferred to No. 9 Maintenance Unit, RAF Cosford. |
From Circa 1950 to Circa 1957 |
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Transferred to No. 6 Squadron, RAF Habbaniya, Iraq. |
From Circa 1950 to Circa 1954 |
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Transferred to No. 9 Squadron, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. |
From Circa 1950 to Circa 1954 |
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Transferred to No. 29 Squadron, RAF Acklington, Northumberland. |
From Circa 1950 to Circa 1954 |
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Transferred to No. 20 Squadron, Oldenburd AB, Germany. |
From Circa 1950 to Circa 1954 |
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Transferred to No. 5 Maintenance Unit, RAF Kemble, Cotswold. |
From 1954 to 1955 |
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Transferred to No. 2 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit, Lee-On-Solent, Hampshire. |
16 July 1957 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force. |
1957 |
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Placed on display with RAF West Malling Gate Guardian. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n 7449M. |
September 1957 |
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Operated by RAF Battle of Britain Flight.
Took part in first BoB Flt flypast with Hurricane LF383. |
Circa 13 March 1958 |
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Operated by RAF North Weald Station Flight. |
From By 1 July 1958 to Circa 1961 |
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Markings Applied: HT-B, TE330
Delivered painted in representative RAF WWII Fighter Command colour scheme. Sky spinner, Dark Green/Grey camouflage upper surfaces, light grey lower surfaces, sky (fighter) band around rear fuselage, sky HT-B code on rear fuselage. Inscription in three scrolls on port nose read - This Spitfire is representative of the aircraft flown by pilots of Fighter Command during the Second World War - fourth line of the scroll contained the badge of Fighter Command. |
July 1958 |
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To USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
Delivered by USAF C-124 flying from RAF Odiham. |
From By 1960 to After 18 July 1996 |
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To USAF Museum Wright Patterson AFB OH, USA. |
By July 1960 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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26 August 1994 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
26 August 1994 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
20 September 1995 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
Circa 9 May 1996 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N75460 (SPITFIRE MARK XVI, TE330) issued. |
9 May 1996 |
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To World Wide Aeronautical Industries Inc, Moorpark, CA with new c/r N75460. |
18 July 1996 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio. |
18 July 1996 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio. |
3 March 1997 |
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Civil registration, N75460, cancelled. |
1997 |
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To James Slade, NZ.
Shipped to New Zealand for restoration. |
1997 |
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Restoration started.
Restoration to airworthy condition carried out at Auckland - Dairy Flat, NZ. |
1999 |
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Restoration completed. |
1999 |
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To Dan and Mike Subritzky, Classic Aircraft, NZ.
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By October 2010 |
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To China Aviation Museum, Xiaotanzhanzen (previously Datang Shan), Beijing.
Remains in the colour scheme it wore when presented to the USAF Academy in 1958.
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26 April 2014 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
26 April 2014 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
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