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SPITFIRE/PS890



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Serial #: PS890
Construction #: 6S-585110
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model:
  Spitfire PR Mk. XIX
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2004

History:
Delivered to Royal Thai AF as U14-26/97.
- BOC: June 1954
- SOC: 1962
Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Claremont, CA, 1962-1970.
- Donated by King Bhumibol of Siam.
- Airfreighted by Flying Tigers L-1049 to Burbank, CA, 1962.
Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Chino, CA, 1971-1999.
- Stored dismantled, Chino, CA, 1980-1993.
Air Museum/Planes Of Fame, Chino, CA, January 7, 1999-2004.
- Restored to airworthy, Chino, CA, 1994-2002.
- Fitted with Griffon 58A from a Shackleton (with contra-rotating props).
- First flight, May 9, 2002.

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):
BDK.
W.J. Pearce.


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