Aircraft Photo of G-KASX / SX336 | Supermarine 395 Seafire F17 | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #599389
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-KASX
Alternate Serial:SX336
Military Code:VL-105
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 395 Seafire F17
C/n (msn):FLWA 25488
Display Paint:UK - Navy
Location
City / Airport:FairfordMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGVA   IATA: FFD   Local: -   Other: -
Event:RIAT - Royal International Air Tattoo 2023
 
Photo Date:16 July 2023
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 599389
Photo Comment

Delivered to the Royal Navy as SX336 in 1947. Stored at RNAS Stretton near Warrington in 1953 and sold for scrap in 1955. Battered fuselage found in a scrapyard near Warrington in 1973 and recovered for restoration. Registered as G-BRMG in 1989 and reregistered as G-KASX in 2003. Made first flight after restoration in 2006. Operated by the Navy Wings Naval Aviation Charity from 2021.

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