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Serial #: BM597 Construction #: CBAF 2461 Civil Registration: G-MKVB Model: Mk. Vb Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002  Additional Images. |
History: Built at Castle Bromwich. Delivered to RAF as BM597, 194?. - Assigned to 37 MU on May 26, 1942. - Transferred to 315 (Polish) Sqn, May 1942. - Transferred to 317 (Polish) Sqn., Sep. 1942. -- Assigned code JH-C. -- Damaged in landing accident. -- Declared Catagory B on Feb. 13, 1943. - Delivered to de Havilland for repairs. - Delivered to Vickers Armstrong for modification. - Assigned to 58 OTU, Apr. 1945. -- Passed through 33, 39 and 222 MU before delivery. RAF St. Athan, Oct. 1945. - Designated instructional airframe, code 5718M. RAF Hednesford, 1952-1954 - Gate guard with Spitfire AR614. RAF Bridgnorth, 1960-1962. - Gate guard. RAF Church Fenton, 1966-1975. - Gate guard. RAF Henlow, 1967-1968. - Used as static airframe in movie "Battle of Britain", 1968. - Used as master model for fibre glass replicas for movie "BoB". RAF Church Fenton, Sep. 1969-1988. - Gate guard. - Loaned to RAF Linton-on-Ouse as gate guard, 1975-1979. Tim Routsis/Historic Flying Ltd., Cambridge, UK, June 1988. Tim Routsis/Historic Flying Ltd., Audley End, UK, May 2, 1989-2002 - Registered as G-MKVB. - Rebuild to fly, Audley End, UK., 1992. - Rebuild finished by Historic Aircraft Collection, Jersey, UK, Oct. 1993 - First flight July 18, 1997. - Used in movie "Pearl Harbor" as AR352, 2000. - Loaned to Imperial War Museum, Duxford, 2000-2002. - Flown as BM597/JH-C. |
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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): Dave Stewart. Ben Rogers. Mark McEwan.
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