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Serial #: EN224 Construction #: 6S/197707 Civil Registration: G-FXII |
Model: Spitfire F Mk. XII Name: None Status: Stored Last info: 2002 |
Ordered as part of order B19713/39.
Built at High Post Aerodrome, 1942.
- Griffon III fitted.
- First flight, December 11, 1942.
Delivered to Royal Air Force as EN224, 1942.
- Controller of Research & Development (CRD), Farnborough, December 15, 1942.
- Handling trials.
- Allocated to E Flight.
- Air Service Training, Hamble, February 13, 1943.
- 33 MU, RAF Lyneham, March 2, 1944.
- 41 Sqn, May 15, 1944.
- Coded EB-L.
- Carried out over 50 sorties.
- Landing accident. Struck by EN221, RAF West Malling, June 27, 1944.
- Air Service Training (AST), for repair, July 6, 1944.
- Westland Aircraft Ltd for mods, December 15, 1944.
- 33 MU, RAF Lyneham, December 16, 1944.
- 595 (Anti-Aircraft Co-Op) Sqn, May 14, 1945.
- Coded 7B-.
- 29 MU, RAF High Ercall, July 29, 1945.
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, 1947
- Arrived, July 4, 1947.
- Used as an instructional airframe.
- Until 1960.
Northern Aircraft Preservation Society, 1960.
- Stored.
Peter R. Arnold, June 1973.
- Stored initially at Redbourn, Herts and later Newport Pagnell, Bucks.
- Registered as G-FXII, December 4, 1989.
Undisclosed Owner, UK, April 2002
- Removed from civil register.
- Under restoration to fly, Bentwaters, Suffolk.
Air Leasing Ltd, Halstead, UK, 19??-2013.
- Reregistered as G-FXII, September 12, 2011.
- Restoration to airworthy continued, Bentwaters, Suffolk.
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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. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. |
Photo Source(s): - Research Assistance: John Sanderson |
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