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SPITFIRE/LZ844



Serial #: LZ844
Construction #:
  Unknown
Civil Registration:
  None
Model: F Mk. Vc
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2002
  History:
Delivered to RAAF as A58-213.
- BOC: July 1943.
- SOC: Apr. 13, 1951.
N. Monty Armstrong, Auckland, NZ, 1974-1980.
- Forward fuselage hulk recovered from Kiriwina, Soloman Island, 1974.
Barry Coran, Melbourne, Victoria (later Cairns, Queensland), Australia, 1980-2002
- Hulk shipped from NZ to Point Cook.
- Composite restoration for static display, RAAF Pt. Cook, 1980-1996.
- Rolled out, Dec. 23, 1996 as "R6915/PR-U".
- Loaned to RAAF Museum, RAAF Pt. Cook, Victoria, 1997-200.
- Stored, RAAF Pt. Cook, 2000-200.
- Offerd for sale.
- Trucked to Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Oct. 20, 2002.

Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
None.