Aircraft Photo of G-ILDA / SM520 | Supermarine 509 Spitfire T9 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #143361
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-ILDA
Alternate Serial:SM520
Military Code:KJ-I
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 509 Spitfire T9
C/n (msn):CBAF.10164
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:DuxfordMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGSU   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Battle of Britain Air Show 2017
 
Photo Date:24 September 2017
Photo by:Aad van der Voet
Photo ID: 143361
Photo Comment

Owned by Boultbee Flying Academy since 2009, note Bremont Boultbee titles! Two-seat Spit conversion, but not post-war by Vickers-Armstrong. It went to South Africa as a single-seater in 1948. Recovered by the SAAF museum and stored. Then to the UK and rebuilt as a two-seater.

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