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SPITFIRE/EE853

Serial #: EE853
Construction #:
  WASP/20/484
Civil Registration:
  None
Model: F Mk. Vc
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2002
   History:
Delivered to RAAF as A58-146
- BOC: Apr. 1943.
- Damaged while landing, Kiriwina, Soloman Islands, Aug. 28, 1943.
Langdon Badger, Unley Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 1974-2002.
- Recovered hulk, Goodenough Island, circa 1973.
- Shipped to Adelaide-Parafield for static restoration, May 7, 1974.
- Displayed as RAAF/EE853/UP-O at Badger's home.
- Loaned to South Australian Historical Aviation Museum, Port Adelaide, SA, 2001-2002.
-- Displayed.
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):
None.