Aircraft Photo of G-SPIT / MV268 | Supermarine 379 Spitfire FR14E | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #406968
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-SPIT
Alternate Serial:MV268
Military Code:JE-J
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 379 Spitfire FR14E
C/n (msn):6S/649205
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:OostwoldMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHOW   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Oostwold Airshow 2013
 
Photo Date:20 May 2013
Photo by:Kas van Zonneveld
Photo ID: 406968
Photo Comment

An airshow edition to quickly forget due to poor weather. Ex MV293 with the RAF. Shipped to India in 1945. Joined the Inidan Air Force as 48.Shipped back to the UK in 1978 and became G-SPIT. First post-restoration flight in August 1992 and based at The Fighter Collection. Became G-BGHB in July 2016.

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