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SPITFIRE/AR501
Serial #: AR501
Construction #:
  WASP/20/223
Civil Registration:
  G-AWII
Model: LF Mk. Vc
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
   History:
Loughborough Technical College, Leics, Mar. 21, 1946-1961.
Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, 1961-1967.
- Stored dismantled, Old Warden, 1961-1967.
Spitfire Productions Ltd, Duxford, Apr. 25, 1968.
- Registered as G-AWII.
- Flown in movie "Battle Of Britain", 1968.
Shuttleworth Trust, Old Warden, Biggleswade, Oct. 1968-2002.
- Rebuilt to airworthy, Duxford, UK, May 7, 1973-1975.
- First flight, Duxford, June 27, 1975.
- Flown as AR501/NN-A.
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.
 Photo Source(s):
Nigel Roling - Pentavia Digital Imaging, http://website.lineone.net/~roling46/, 2002
Unknown.