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SPITFIRE/NH188



Serial #: NH188
Construction #:
  CBAF.IX2161
Civil Registration:
  OO-ARC
  CF-NUS
Model: LF Mk. IXc
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2003
  History:
Delivered to Royal Netherlands AF as H-109 (later H-64).
- BOC: May 1947.
- SOC: 1952.
- Shipped to Java, N.E.I., Arriving on July 22, 1947.
Delivered to Royal Belgian AF as SM-39.
- BOC: March 1952.
- SOC: 1954.
- Retired after accident, Apr. 12, 1954.
COGEA Nouvelle, Ostend, May 25, 1956-1961.
- Registered as OO-ARC.
John N. Paterson, Fort William, Ontario, Aug. 1961-1964.
- Registered as CF-NUS.
- Shipped from UK to Canada.
- First flight Feb. 13, 1962.
- Retired June 7, 1964.
Canadian National Aviation Museum, Rockcliffe, Ontario, June 6, 1964-2003.
- Displayed as NH188/AU-H.

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):
Steve Tournay