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SPITFIRE/MV239
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Serial #: MV239
Construction #:
  6S/581740
Civil Registration:
  VH-HET
Model: HF Mk. VIIIc
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
   History:
Delivered to RAAF as A58-758.
- BOC: June 26, 1945.
- SOC: Sept. 1949.
- Stored RAAF Richmond, NSW, 1945-1949.
Sydney Technical College, Ultimo, NSW, Sept. 1949-1961.
A.J.R. "Titus" Oates, Sydney, 1961.
Sid Marshall, Bankstown, NSW, 1963-1975.
- Open storage, dismantled in yard, 1963-1972.
- Loaned to Camden Museum of Aviation, NSW, July, 1972-1982.
-- Restored to taxying condition, Camden, as MV239.
Jack P. Davidson, Bankstown, NSW, 1975-1982.
Col Pay, Scone, NSW, June 1982-2000.
- Restored to airworthy.
- Registered as VH-HET, Dec. 18, 1985.
- First flight Dec. 29, 1985.
- Flew as A58-758.
David Lowy/Temora Aviation Museum, Temora, NSW, May 13, 2000-2002.
- Scheme changed to 457 Squadron RAAF.
-- Markings of Wing Commander Bobby Gibbes.
- Flown as RAAF/A58-602/RG-V/Grey Nurse.
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):
Rob Fox.
John Parker.