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Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc PV270. History: Built at Castle Bromwich, September 1944. Delivered to Royal Air Force, circa 1944. - Accepted by 9 Maintenance Unit, Cosford, September 28, 1944. - Transferred to 82 Maintenance Unit, Lichfield, October 13, 1944. - Transferred to RAF Mediterranean Air Force. -- Shipped from Liverpool to Casablanca, October 21-November 3, 1944. - Allocated to 111 Squadron as JU-F. - Transferred to 225 Army Cooperation Squadron as WU-J. - Possibly transferred to 253 Squadron. - Delivered to 225 Squadron, Peretola Airfield, Florence from 357 Maintenance Unit at Jesi, Italy as a LF IX E, January 28, 1945. - Transferred to 110 Maintenance Unit, Brindisi, March 16, 1945. - Put into storage at Treviso San Giuseppe at wars end. Delivered to Italian AF as MM4014, February 16, 1947. - Allocated to 5o Stormo, Vicenza, June 1947 to at least December 1947. - Possibly transferred to 51o Stormo at Treviso. - Returned to Vickers Armstrongs on December 5, 1949. - Sold by Italy to Israel. Delivered to IDFAF as 20-80, January 1953. - Accepted by Israeli Maintenance Unit at Foggia. - Assigned to 20 Wing, February 1953. - Transferred to 107 Squadron, Ramat David, April-May 1953. - Transferred to 107 Squadron, Ramat David, December 1953-January 1954. Delivered to Burmese AF as UB424, April 1954. - Ferried from Israel to Burma, circa early 1955. - Accepted by Burmese AF, March 3, 1955. - Put into storage, circa January 1956. - Hmawbi AB, Rangoon, 1970-1995. -- Displayed on pole as "UB425". - Moved to Mingadalon AFB as part of Burma Air Force Museum, 1995. David Gouldsmith/Golden Aviation, Cassville, MO, 1999. Brendon Deere, New Zealand, 2001-2015. - Restored by ITL Aviation, Fielding Aerodrome. - Intended scheme of Alan Deere’s personal Mk 9 Spitfire when he was Wing Leader at Biggin Hill. - Registered as ZK-SPI. |
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| Author | Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand |
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