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Combat Warplanes / Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009
« on: October 14, 2009, 06:17:04 PM »
A very wet day at Duxford last weekend, however, ther was flying. Here are some of the images I took and a bit of info about each aircraft. More to follow
AR213 is the sole remaining airworthy Mk I Spitfire out of a total of 1,566 Mk I Spitfires built. AR213 spent its war time service as a training aircraft with 57 and 53 Operational Training Units until sold off, surplus to requirements, in 1947. It languished for many years at the Shuttleworth Collection airfield at Old Warden, just a few miles away from Duxford, the first RAF base to be equipped with Spitfires. In 1967 AR213 was restored to full flying condition in order to take a part in the film The Battle of Britain.
AR213 & P7350 is the oldest surviving airworthy Spitfire and is still with the Royal Air Force. Following a chequered career, it is now operated by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, based at RAF Conningsby. First delivered into RAF service in August 1940 and saw action with several squadrons including 266, 603, 616, and 64 Squadrons. Repaired following an accident P7350 was returned to the Central Gunnery School at RAF Sutton Bridge, near Kings Lynn where it suffered damage in another accident. Following this mishap it was repaired and sent to 57 OTU, where it remained as a training aeroplane until being scrapped in March 1946. By good fortune the aircraft was recognised for what it was and the scrap dealers handed it back to the Royal Air Force Museum at Colerne. There it stayed until, in 1967, it too was returned to flying condition for a role in the epic film The Battle of Britain. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight obtained the aircraft after the filming and it has remained with them up to current time.
Hawker HURRICANE XII - Historic Flying Collection, Duxford. Originally bulit by the Canadian Car Foundry it joined the RCAF in 1943. It was struck off charge in 1947 and restored to flying condition in 1989 and the HAC acquired it in 2002.
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AR213 is the sole remaining airworthy Mk I Spitfire out of a total of 1,566 Mk I Spitfires built. AR213 spent its war time service as a training aircraft with 57 and 53 Operational Training Units until sold off, surplus to requirements, in 1947. It languished for many years at the Shuttleworth Collection airfield at Old Warden, just a few miles away from Duxford, the first RAF base to be equipped with Spitfires. In 1967 AR213 was restored to full flying condition in order to take a part in the film The Battle of Britain.
AR213 & P7350 is the oldest surviving airworthy Spitfire and is still with the Royal Air Force. Following a chequered career, it is now operated by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, based at RAF Conningsby. First delivered into RAF service in August 1940 and saw action with several squadrons including 266, 603, 616, and 64 Squadrons. Repaired following an accident P7350 was returned to the Central Gunnery School at RAF Sutton Bridge, near Kings Lynn where it suffered damage in another accident. Following this mishap it was repaired and sent to 57 OTU, where it remained as a training aeroplane until being scrapped in March 1946. By good fortune the aircraft was recognised for what it was and the scrap dealers handed it back to the Royal Air Force Museum at Colerne. There it stayed until, in 1967, it too was returned to flying condition for a role in the epic film The Battle of Britain. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight obtained the aircraft after the filming and it has remained with them up to current time.
Hawker HURRICANE XII - Historic Flying Collection, Duxford. Originally bulit by the Canadian Car Foundry it joined the RCAF in 1943. It was struck off charge in 1947 and restored to flying condition in 1989 and the HAC acquired it in 2002.
More to follow
