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Serial #: P3351 DR393 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: ZK-TPL Model(s): Mk. I Mk. IIa Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to RAF as P3351, 19??. - Crashed, Prestwick, July 21, 1940. - Rebuilt as Mk. IIa (new serial DR393 issued). - Marked as TP-K. Delivered to Soviet AF as DR393, May 1941. - Crashed near Murmansk, Russia, 1943. Recovered from crash site in Russia, 19??. Jim Pearce, Shoreham, UK, Sept. 1992-1993. - Acquired hulk. - Wings carry RAF roundel & Russian Star, Polish chequerboard emblem on each cowling. Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, NZ, 1993-1999. - Restoration to airworthy as Mk. IIc, Suffolk, UK, 1994-1995. - Shipped to NZ for completion, Wanaka, Sept. 1995. - Final work by Air NZ, Christchurch. Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, Aug. 3, 1999-2002. - Registered as ZK-TPL. - First Flight, Christchurch, Jan. 12, 2000. - Flown as RAF/P3351/TP-K. |
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Dave McDonald. |
