Dates

Event

Constructed as a Spitfire Ia by Westand at Yeovil.

Circa July 1941

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n AR213.

24 July 1941

Transferred to 12 Maintenance Unit.

31 July 1941

Transferred to 57 OTU.

Circa August 1941

Markings Applied: JZ E
Personal aircraft of fighter ace Ginger Lacey while he was resting from operations as an instructor with the Unit.

20 February 1943

Transferred to 53 OTU.

17 August 1944

Assigned to 8 MU for storage.

30 November 1945

Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.

From 25 October 1946 to 4 July 1949

To Group Captain Henry Wheeler with new c/r G-AIST.

From Circa July 1949 to 1967

In storage.

1966

Markings Applied: OV H, K9853
Marked to represent and airframe operated by 19 Squadron based at Fowlmere.

From 17 April 1967 to 8 May 1974

To Air Commodore Henry Wheeler keeping c/r G-AIST.
Returned to flying condition and participated in Battle of Britain film.

1970

Photographer: Peter M. Law
Notes: Circa 1970 photo at Booker - still in markings used in movie - Battle of Britain

From 14 June 1974 to 6 October 1987

To Patrick Lindsay keeping c/r G-AIST.

By 23 July 1983

Markings Applied: GQ A, AR213

23 July 1983

Photographer: Paul Thallon
Notes: 1983 photo of Rolls Royce - Supermarine Spitfire 1A at Greenham Common

24 May 1986

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Spitfire 1A in markings of 53 Operational Training Unit on display at the 1986 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

From 6 October 1987 to 22 January 1990

To The Honourable Amabel Mary Maud Lindsay keeping c/r G-AIST.

Based at Bianchi Aviation, Wycombe Air Park, Booker-Lane End, Buckinghamshire/Bucks, England.
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From 22 January 1990 to 1 April 1992

To Proteus Petroleum Aviation Ltd keeping c/r G-AIST.
Under the name Personal Plane Services.

26 May 1990

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Spitfire IA flown in 609 Squadron markings at the 1990 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

From 1 April 1992 to 10 May 1996

To Proteus Holdings Ltd keeping c/r G-AIST.

From 10 May 1996 to 20 June 2011

To Sheringham Aviation Uk Ltd keeping c/r G-AIST.

By 2000

Markings Applied: PR D

Circa 2000

Photographer: Mike Henniger

Circa 2000

Photographer: Mike Henniger

22 July 2000

Photographer: Robert Nichols

After 2003

Restored.
By Personal Plane Services, Booker, High Wycombe.

7 November 2007

First post-restoration Flight.
At Booker, High Wycombe.

By 13 July 2008

Markings Applied: JZ E, AR213

13 July 2008

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2008 photo at Duxford - AR213 repainted in its original colours and with its original squadron codes: 57 OTU. Photo displayed with written permission from Joop de Groot

20 June 2011

To Spitfire The One Ltd, Barnet keeping c/r G-AIST.

29 June 2011

Photographer: Arjun Sarup

In the inventory of Comanche Fighters/Tom and Dan Friedkin, Comanche Ranch, Houston, TX.
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Based at Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
Operated by the Aircraft Restoration Company.
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Markings Applied: JZ E

2013

Markings Applied: XR D, P7308
The Spitfire now wears the No 71 Eagle Squadron codes XR-D and the markings of P7308, a Spitfire Mk IIa. The markings are those of Pilot Officer William R. Dunn, an early American ace, credited with downing five Luftwaffe aircraft between May and August 1941. Dunn was badly wounded in an accident in P7308 at North Weald on 27 August 1941.

5 September 2014

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK. Undergoing maintenance.

5 September 2014

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK. Eagle Squadron.

13 September 2014

Photographer: Robert Nichols

13 September 2014

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at Duxford Autumn Airshow