Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO AEROPLANE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE HF.IX 'TD314 / FX-P' (G-CGYJ) C/N CBAF.10492. SEEN TAXIING OUT FOR AN AIR-TEST IN THE STEADY HANDS OF JOHN ROMAIN AT THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM DUXFORD CAMBRIDGESHIRE UK. 26TH MAY 2017 THE FOLLOWING INFO ON THE AIRCRAFTS HISTORY COMES FROM GLOBALAVIATIONRESOURCE.COM 'MANUFACTURED AT CASTLE BROMWICH IN 1944 TD314 INITIALLY JOINED NO. 33 MAINTENANCE UNIT (MU) AT RAF LYNEHAM ON 2 APRIL 1945; DURING OPERATIONAL SERVICE WITH THE RAF IT WOULD CIRCULATE THROUGH SEVERAL UNITS INCLUDING NO. 30 MU AT RAF SEALAND NO. 6 MU AT RAF BRIZE NORTON NO. 183 (GOLD COAST) SQUADRON AT RAF CHILBOLTON AND NO. 234 (MADRAS PRESIDENCY) SQUADRON AT RAF BENTWATERS UNTIL IT WAS FINALLY RECEIVED BY NO. 29 MU AT RAF HIGH ERCALL FOR DISPOSAL ON 27 FEBRUARY 1946. EVENTUALLY TD314 WAS DISPATCHED TO NO. 47 MU AT RAF SEALAND ON 24 MARCH 1948 WHERE IT BECAME SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS AND WAS CRATED UP AND SHIPPED TO CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA ON 19 APRIL 1948 ARRIVING ON 12 MAY FOR ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE. FOLLOWING SIX YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA THE SPITFIRE WAS SOLD TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN METAL AND MACHINERY COMPANY IN 1954 FOR DISPOSAL. THE FUSELAGE AND OTHER PARTS WERE LATER RECOVERED BY LARRY BARNETT IN JOHANNESBURG BETWEEN 1969 AND 1972 BEFORE IT WAS SOLD TO CANADIAN OWNERS IN 1985. IN 2009 PETER MONK ACQUIRED THE AIRCRAFT FOR RESTORATION BY THE SPITFIRE COMPANY (BIGGIN HILL) LIMITED AND IT WAS REGISTERED TO KEITH PERKINS IN 2011 WITH WORK BEGINNING THE SAME YEAR.' HER FIRST FLIGHT AFTER RESTORATION WAS AT BIGGIN HILL ON 7TH DECEMBER 2013 AND SHE IS NOW OFTEN OPERATED ON 'FLY WITH A SPITFIRE' FLIGHTS WHERE YOU CAN FLY IN A DRAGON RAPIDE IN FORMATION WITH THE SPIT. COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSO PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO AWILSON-8620 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is copyright Alan Wilson obtained from FLICKR and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Transportation
Sub-Theme: Aeroplane
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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