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Serial #: TE517 Construction #: SH/CBAF.IX558 Civil Registration: G-BIXP G-CCIX |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. IXe Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
Delivered to Royal Air Force as TE517, 1945.
- Accepted by 33 MU, June 1945.
- Allocated to 313 Squadron.
Delivered to Czech AF as TE517.
- BOC: August 20, 1945.
- SOC: 1948.
Delivered to Israeli Defence Force AF as 20-46.
- BOC: 1948.
- SOC: 1954.
Robs Lamplough, Duxford, March 1977-1984.
- Hulk recovered from kibbutz, Gaaton, Israel.
- Registration G-BIXP reserved but not taken up, July 3, 1981.
- Restoration commenced, Bristol.
Charles Church, Micheldiver, August 1984.
Charles Church (Spitfires) Ltd, Winchester, April 9, 1985-1992.
- Registered as G-CCIX.
- Restoration continued.
Kermit A. Weeks, Tamiami, FL, October 1992-2002.
- Under restoration to airworthy, Booke-Wycombe Air Park.
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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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