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Serial #: RR232 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: G-BRSF |
Model: Spitfire HF Mk. IXc Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2001 |
Delivered to South African Air Force as 5632.
- BOC: May 1949.
- SOC: January 16, 1954.
South African Metal & Machinery Co., Salt River, Cape Town, South Africa, 1954.
Larry Barnett & Alan Lurie, Johannesburg, 19??.
- recoverd.
- Tail section used to rebuild MA793.
Peter Sledge, Sydney, NSW, 1976-1986.
- Fuselage only.
- Static rebuild Pt. Cook & Bankstown.
- Used parts from various crash sites.
- Also used mainplane from ex-Royal Thai AF Spitfire RM873.
- Restoration completed, October 14, 1984.
- Loaned to RAN Museum, Nowra, NSW, 1985-1987.
Charles Church, Micheldever, UK, 1986-1989.
- Shipped to UK from Nowara NAS, October 1986.
Sussex Spraying Services, Ltd, Shoreham, November 22, 1989-1995.
- Registered as G-BRSF.
- Stored for sale, removed from civil registry, June 23, 1994.
Private Owner, Exeter, Devon, 2001.
- Under restoration to airworthy.
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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. |
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