| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | PL983 |
| Other Marks: | LT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 365 Spitfire PR11 |
| Licence-built by: | Vickers-Armstrong |
| C/n (msn): | 6S/583723 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Old WardenMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGTH IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 12 September 1963 |
| Photo by: | Mike Cain |
| Photo ID: | 465006 |
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First flew Oct.1944. Registered NC74138 20th Feb.1948 - 9th Aug.1949 for use by the US Civil Air Attaché in London. Donated by Vickers-Armstrong to the Shuttleworth Trust in 1950 and ferried to Old Warden as G-15-109. In static display there 1950 to 1975, when it went to Duxford for restoration. Registered G-PRXI 6th June 1983. Suffered a fatal crash in a forced landing during an air show at Rouen 4th June 2001. Subsequently rebuilt with first flight 18th May 2018. In 2020 it carried 'Thank U NHS' under the wings in tribute to the efforts of the NHS during the Covid pandemic. This photo is copyright © Mike Cain, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 31 May 2022, and has since been viewed 304 times. |