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Serial #: TA805 Construction #: CBAF.10372 Civil Registration: G-PMNF |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. IX Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2015 |
Built at Castle Bromwich, 19??.
Delivered to Royal Air Force as TA805, 1945.
- Accepted by 39MU, January 3, 1945.
- Allocated to 183 Squadron, June 24, 1945.
- Transferred to 234 Squadron, August 2, 1945.
Delivered to South African Air Force as ???.
- BOC: March 11, 1949.
- SOC: 1954.
South African Metal & Machinery Co, Salt River, Cape Town, 1954.
SAAF Museum, Snake Valley AB, 1981-1989.
- Fuselage hulk.
Steve Atkins, Oxford, UK, 1989-1995.
- Restoration project, stored, Isle-Of-Wight, 1995.
Peter R. Monk/Mike Simpson, Maidstone, UK, April 29, 1996-2015.
- Registered as G-PMNF.
- Restored to airworthy by Airframe Assemblies, Sandown, Isle of Wight, UK, 2001-2003.
- Restoration continued at Duxford, March 17, 2003.
- Engine runs at Duxford, May 12, 2005.
- First flight December 7, 2005.
- Flown in 234 Sqn scheme as TA805/FX-M.
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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. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. |
Photo Source(s): Arjan Vrieze. Research Assistance: - |
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