Seen as Sywell a 1943 Castle Bromwich built Spitfire LF.IXe MH415. On the UK register as G-AVDJ. Owned by Air Leasing Ltd. Operational during WWII with 129, 222 & 126 Sqns. After the war with the Dutch as H-108 and H-65 then Belgium as SM-40. Later Belgian civil register as a target Tug OO-ARD. Has stared in some movies including The Longest Day and the Battle of Britain. Moved to the USA in 1969 and was registered N415MH and painted into 222 Squadron markings as ZD-E. Into storage in 1973 Purchased in 2014. Shipped to Scone, Australia for long rebuild back to flying condition. To the UK 2020.

In formation with MH434. A rare sight with two Spitfires, of the same mark, in near identical squadron markings.

ex Royal Netherlands Air Force H-108 and H-65 transferred to Belgium as SM-40 c.1953 then to civil OO-ARD in 1956 before back to UK in 1966 as G-AVDJ, sold to USA as N415MH in 1978 and re imported back to the UK in 2020