Aircraft Photo of SL542 | Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVIe | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #668728
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:SL542
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVIe
C/n (msn):CBAF.IX.4656
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Coltishall (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGYC   IATA: CLF   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:19 April 1983
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 668728
Photo Comment

Delivered to the RAF as SL542. Withdrawn from use in 1957 after an accident. Preserved at Duxford from 1957 then Horsham St.Faith from 1961 and Coltishall from 1963. Moved to St.Athan in 1989. Sold in 1993 and shipped to Bartow, FL for restoration. Registered as N2289J in 1994. Moved to St-Basile le Grand, Quebec in 1995. Reported to have been shipped to Enstone, UK then to Schwaebisch Hall, Germany in 2014.

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