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Dates |
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Event |
1939 |
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Constructed as a Spitfire I.
Built at Supermarine Aviation, Woolston, Southampton |
29 November 1939 |
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First flight.
From Eastleigh Airport, Southampton. |
Circa 2 December 1939 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n N3200. |
2 December 1939 |
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Transferred to 8 Maintenance Unit, RAF Little Rissington. |
19 April 1940 |
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Transferred to 19SQN, RAF Duxford. |
19 April 1940 |
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Markings Applied: QV
No individual code carried. |
26 May 1940 |
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Written off.
Failed to return from Ops, when she was shot down and force-landed on the beach at Sangatte, France. May 27, 1940.- Sqn Ldr G.D. Stephenson became a PoW. |
Circa April 1986 |
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Recovered.
Airframe recovered from the sands on the beach of Sangatte, France. |
From 1986 to 1995 |
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Placed on display with V3 Museum, Fortresse de Mimoyecques, France.
Remains displayed in the museum. |
2000 |
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To Simon Marsh and Thomas Kaplan.
Stored on the Isle of Wight, UK and then Essex, UK. |
2007 |
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Transported by ground.
Essex to Duxford. |
2007 |
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Restoration started.
With Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford. |
11 August 2008 |
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To Mark One Partners Llc, C/O Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Ltd, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands with new c/r G-CFGJ (SPITFIRE I, 441). |
2012 |
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Restoration continued.
Fuselage constructed at Airframe Assemblies, Isle of Wight and transported to Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford, 2012. |
By 2014 |
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First post-restoration Flight.
With Aircraft Restoration Company pilot John Romain at the controls. |
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Based at Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
Operated by the Aircraft Restoration Company / Historic Flying Ltd.
 View the Location Dossier |
By 2014 |
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Markings Applied: QV
In original c/s worn while serving with 19Sqn in 1940. Note split black port and white starboard undersurfaces. |
5 September 2014 |
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Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK. Eagle Squadron. |
13 September 2014 |
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Photographer: Joop de Groot
Notes: 2014 photo at Duxford Autumn Show |
13 September 2014 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
13 September 2014 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
10 July 2016 |
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Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
Notes: Flying Legends Air Show |
31 July 2021 |
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Photographer: Hugh Dodson
Notes: 1939 RAF V.S.300 Spitfire Mk.1a N3200/G-CFGJ DUXFORD.Registered to Imperial War Museum. At Old Buckenham Airshow |
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