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Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce Grif ...
is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the
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countries throughout the
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and afterwards into the 1950s as both a front line fighter and also in secondary roles. Many developing countries purchased Spitfires as industrial countries phased out propeller-powered aircraft in favour of new jet-engined machines.Whitehead, Christopher.
"The Supermarine Spitfire, an operational history ."
''DeltaWeb International Ltd,'' 1996. Retrieved: 30 August 2009.
As these nations started to update their air forces, many Spitfires and other Second World War aircraft were sold on the open market to individuals or for scrap. The aircraft in Hong Kong serving with the UK Colonial wings are a good example of the different means of disposal where they were simply bulldozed into the sea as part of the process to reclaim land from the water in order to lengthen the runway.Graham, Steve

''The Spitfire Society'', 14 March 1999. Retrieved: 30 August 2009.
Private collectors began to acquire Spitfire aircraft and a number went on to appear in movies and TV shows. These movie and TV appearances, in turn, helped to save a number of them from being scrapped. Many Spitfire and Seafire aircraft survive in museums and private collections around the world today and this article lists individual aircraft known to still exist.


Surviving Spitfires

Below is the list of surviving Spitfires and Seafires, organised by where they are based in the world and the condition that they are in. ''Airworthy'' denotes the aircraft currently flying with museums or private owners. ''Static Display'' denotes aircraft on display at a museum or other public location. ''Restoration'' and ''Stored'' denote aircraft undergoing restoration for static or airworthy display, or aircraft in storage possibly awaiting restoration for display.


Australia

;Airworthy * Spitfire HF Mk.VIIIc ''MV239'' (VH-HET). At
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in
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. Flew with the RAAF as ''A58-758'', it now wears the markings of the mount of Robert 'Bobby' Gibbes DSO DFC as ''A58-602'', RG-V (RAF serial ''MV133''). Gibbes was Wing Commander 80 Wing RAAF, Morotai, 1945. Ownership was transferred to the RAAF in July 2019 and it is operated by the Air Force Heritage Squadron (Temora Historic Flight). * Spitfire F Mk.IX ''MH603'' (VH-IXF). Owned by Ross Pay (son of Col Pay) and registered to Pay's Air Service Pty Ltd. Ex. South African Air Force machine ''MH603'' is under active restoration to airworthy condition at Scone, NSW. When completed the Spitfire will wear 331 (Norwegian) Squadron colours as based at North Weald (UK) in early 1944. MH603 took to the air on 11 December 2021 out of Scone for the first time after the restoration. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''PL344'' (VH-IUK). Served with 602 Squadron, 442 Squadron and 401 Squadron during the war then 130 Squadron and finally
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before suffering a wheels-up landing in 1946. Rebuilt to airworthy condition in 1991 with the registration G-CCIX.
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acquired the Spitfire in 1992 and was rebuilt again to near-original condition. Completed in 2000 and registered as N644TB as a birthday gift for Tom Blair from his wife, Alice Blair, who bought it from Kermit Weeks. Airworthy until it was exported to the UK in 2007. Rebuilt for a third time including the fitting of fuel tanks in the wings before a post-rebuild first flight in 2007. Returned to America some time after, UK registration was cancelled in September 2020 with the reason listed by the CAA as "Exported to Australia" and registered in September 2021 as VH-IUK in Australia. After some time in preparation, the aircraft was repainted in its 401 Squadron markings of YO-K and flew in Australia on 11 June 2022. * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TB863'' (VH-XVI). At
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in
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. It wears 453 Squadron RAAF codes FU-P, which it wore in the UK during 1945. Ownership was transferred to the RAAF in July 2019 and it is operated by the Air Force Heritage Squadron (Temora Historic Flight). * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TE392'' (VH-RAF). Owned by Fighter Pilot Adventure Flights in Australia. Was a gate guard at a number of RAF airfields, including RAF Kemble and RAF Hereford, between 1952 and 1984. Originally built as a low-back airframe with a 'bubble' canopy, it was restored into high-back configuration and flew again in Florida on 24 December 1999 with the FAA register N97RW. It was owned by the
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(LSFM) in
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and was in storage following damage sustained during Hurricane Ike. It wore the markings and colours ZX-Z to represent the aircraft of Sqn Ldr Lance C. Wade No. 145 Squadron RAF, a
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who flew with the RAF from 1940 to 1944 and went on to become an ace. The FAA tail number was cancelled on 19 December 2018 and was sold to Fighter Pilot Adventure Flights in Australia who restored the aircraft back to airworthy condition. It made its first post-restoration flight on 13 January 2020 registered as VH-XWE (now VH-RAF), and now flies in their 'Fly with a Spitfire' event once a month. ;Static display * Spitfire Mk.IIa ''P7973''. This Spitfire was flown on 24 operations by several Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadrons in 1941. Assigned to No. 452 Sqn (RAAF) (RAF Kenley and RAF Hornchurch), it was flown by a number of pilots, including Australian pilot Keith "Bluey" Truscott. In July 1945 it was shipped to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for display. The aircraft has not been repainted since WWII and bears the markings of the RAF's Central Gunnery School (coded ''R-H''). One of the few Spitfires still in its original paint, it has been displayed in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra since 1950. * Spitfire F Mk.Vc/Trop ''BS231''. Partial airframe on display at the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory. Former Australian Spitfire ''A58-92'' was recovered in 1983 at low-tide from wartime water crash-site, Point Charles NT. Display incorporates parts from both ''BS178'' / A58-70 & ''JG731'' / A58-172.Vickers Supermarine
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* Spitfire F Mk.Vc/Trop ''EE853''. Displayed at the
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, Port Adelaide, South Australia. This aircraft was manufactured in 1942 by Westlands in the UK. It was shipped to Australia as ''A58-146'' and became part of No. 79 Squadron RAAF at Milne Bay. On 28 August 1943, it crashed on Kiriwina Island and was transported back to Goodenough Island. In 1971 Langdon Badger found the aircraft and in 1973 he had it shipped to Adelaide. After four years of restoration at Parafield Airport, Langdon displayed the Spitfire at his Adelaide home. In August 2001 the aircraft was put on display in the museum. * Spitfire F Mk.22 ''PK481''. Displayed at the RAAF Association Aviation Heritage Museum, Bull Creek, Western Australia. The aircraft was acquired from the Brighton & Hove Branch of the
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in the UK in 1959 and was initially displayed outside on a pole before being brought into the museum and refurbished in 1977. ;Restoration or stored * Spitfire F Mk. Ia ''X4009'' (G-EMET). Under restoration to fly by Ross Pay. It was built in 1940 and was sent to
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on 18 August 1940 as AZ-Q. It was flown by
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, who was credited with 9 kills and 1 probable in X4009. He was killed in this aircraft while attacking a
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and unsuccessfully bailing out on 7 September 1940. The remains were recovered years after and was later on registered G-EMET. Ross Pay acquired the aircraft wreckage in 2021 to restore to airworthiness in Australia * Spitfire F Mk.Vc/Trop ''BR545''. Owned by the Royal Australian Air Force Museum and in storage at Point Cook, Victoria. Served with the RAAF as ''A58-51''. Former No. 54 Squadron RAF machine, marked ''DL-E''. Force landed on mudflats at low tide,
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, near Truscott WA 22 December 1943. The wreck was recovered by the RAAF Museum in November 1987. Merlin engine and sections of airframe recovered. * Spitfire F Mk.Vc/Trop ''BS164'' (VH-CIP). Under restoration by Vintage Fighter Restorations. Delivered to the RAAF as ''A58-63'' with No. 54 Squadron RAF in Australia in 1942 as DL-K before being wrecked in a collision with Spitfire LZ845/A58-214 in 1944 while in service with
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. The wreckage was recovered in 1975 and later acquired by Peter Croser and Michael Aitchison in 1982 before Michael G. Aitchison solely acquiring it in 2008, who had it registered as VH-CIP. Ross Pay of Vintage Fighter Restorations acquired the wreckage in 2019, who is restoring it to airworthy condition.Warbirds News - RAAF Combat Veteran Spitfire Under Restoration in Australia
Article published 12 December 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020
* Spitfire F Mk.Vc/Trop ''MA353'' (VH-CIQ). Under restoration by Vintage Fighter Restorations. Delivered to the RAAF as ''A58-232'' with No. 54 Squadron RAF as DL-A before joining
No. 452 Squadron RAAF No. 452 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air traffic control unit. It was established in 1941 as a fighter squadron, in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme during World War II. The squadron flew Supermar ...
as QY-Z. The aircraft disappeared in 1944 during operations which took the life of its pilot, Sergeant Colin William Dunning. The aircraft was found in 1946, which was when the pilot's remains were recovered from the wreck and buried. The aircraft was recovered in 1969, with the fuselage going to John Haslett while the Merlin engine and wings were put on display at the Darwin Air Museum. The wreckage eventually came together in the hands of Peter Croser and Michael Aitchison from Melbourne in 1982 before becoming Michael Aitchison's sole ownership in 2006, being registered as VH-CIQ. Vintage Fighter Restorations later acquired the wreck in 2019 * Spitfire LF Mk.IXb ''MJ789''. Owned by the Royal Australian Air Force Museum and in storage at Point Cook, Victoria. Ex. 453 (RAAF) Sqn machine, wore the markings ''MJ789 / FU-B''. Crashed in River Orne, near Caen, France, on 11 June 1944 as a result of anti-aircraft fire, claiming the life of pilot Flight Lieutenant Henry 'Lacy' Smith. Both F/L Smith and ''MJ789'' were recovered from the riverbed in November 2010. Subsequently, F/L Smith was buried with full military honours in Normandy and the wreckage of ''MJ789'' was transferred to the RAAF Museum and transported to Australia for conservation with a view to eventual display. * Seafire F Mk.XV ''SW800'' (VH-CIH). In storage, Adelaide area, South Australia. Recovered from Brownhills scrapyard in the UK circa 1991, and shipped to Melbourne VIC.


Belgium

;Airworthy * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''SL721'' (OO-XVI). Owned by Vintage Fighter Aircraft. Refinished in the markings of ''AU-J'' from
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and was part of the Gatineau,
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based
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's collection, registered as C-GVZB. It was sold to Vintage Fighter Aircraft in Belgium in airworthy condition and is registered as OO-XVI. ;Static display * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''MJ783''. Served with the Belgian Air Force as ''SM-15''. Painted as ''MJ360 / GE-B'' from 349 (Belgian) Squadron,
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, on display at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in
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. * Spitfire FR Mk.XIVc ''MV246''. on display at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in
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. Delivered to the Belgian Air Force with the Belgian tail number ''SG-55''. Restored in 1951 with parts from other written-off Belgian Spitfires and displayed with the squadron codes GE-R. * Spitfire FR Mk.XIVc ''RM921''. on display at the Musee Spitfire in
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. Delivered to the Belgian Air Force with the tail number ''SG-57'' in August 1948. Written off in a taxiing accident after a partial landing gear collapse in November 1951. Used as a gatekeeper at the Florennes Air Base, mounted on a pole. Restored to static display between 1987 & 1992, displayed as ''TX995 / RL-D'', the personal plane of
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, though the original TX995 had a bubble canopy.


Brazil

;Restoration or stored * Spitfire HF Mk.IXe ''MA793''. In storage after display at Wings of Dreams Museum. MA793 served with the USAAF (believed to be the only surviving Spitfire to have done so) in 1943 before joining the SAAF with the serial 5601 in 1948. It became part of a playground in 1954 at a children's hospital in Pretoria until 1967. The aircraft was rebuilt in the markings of ''PT672'', another SAAF Spitfire. The aircraft was regularly flown at airshows around South Africa until it was sold to a purchaser in California in 1986 with the register N930BL, and repainted as ''EN398'', codes JE-J, one of Johnnie Johnson's Spitfires. In 1999, it became the possession of Rolls-Royce who sold it to the TAM/Wings of Dreams at São Carlos International Airport in Brazil for public display. The Museum closed in 2016 with plans announced in 2018 to have a new location for the museum at
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, near the
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plant.


Canada

;Airworthy * Spitfire HF Mk.IXe ''TE294'' (C-GYQQ). Previously under restoration to flying condition at
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, for
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, it arrived at their main base at
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in late September 2014 for continued restoration back to airworthy condition. Finished to represent ''MK304'', codes Y2-K. First flight after restoration took place at Gatineau, Quebec, 7 June 2017. * Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe ''TZ138'' (C-GSPT). Was built early 1945 and served in the RAF before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force later that year for cold weather tests, even at one point fitted with skis that came off a Tiger Moth. After military retirement, it was exported and registered in the United States with various registrations and participating in many air races. By the 1970s it became a restoration project and was rebuilt to airworthy condition in the US in 1999 before being exported to Canada with the registration C-GSPT. ;Static display * Spitfire F Mk.IIb ''P8332''. Battle of Britain veteran, on display at the
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, Ottawa. It wears the markings and codes ''P8332 / ZD-L'' of 222 Sqn to replicate the scheme it wore when serving with the Squadron during 1941. Presentation aircraft, "SOEBANG N.E.I.", funded by the Netherlands East Indies. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''NH188''. Served with the Royal Netherlands Air Force as ''H-109'' (later ''H-64'') from 1947 to 1952 and with the Belgian Air Force as SM-39 from 1952 to 1954. Privately owned, it was flown in Belgium as OO-ARC and was later imported to Canada where it flew as CF-NUS. After being donated on 7 June 1964, it is now on display in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Rockcliffe,
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as ''NH188 / AU-H''. * Spitfire Mk.XVIe ''TE214''. On display at the
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, in Mount Hope Ontario, on loan from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. It was built by Vickers at Castle Bromwich, UK, in 1945 and it flew post-war with RAF No. 203 Advanced Flying School until it was damaged in an accident. The British Air Ministry presented it to the RCAF in 1960 and it was transferred it to the Canadian Aeronautical Collection, now the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in 1966. * Seafire F Mk.XV ''PR451''. On display at The Military Museums, Alberta, Calgary. It was delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946 and was struck off charge in 1949. In the 1980s, PR451 was restored for static display at Naval Museum Of Alberta, Alberta, Canada. Now the museum is known as
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. ;Restoration or stored * Spitfire F Mk.XIVe ''RM747'' In storage at
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, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. ''RM747'' served with No.322 (Dutch) Sqdn, No.350 (Belgian) Sqdn, No.451 (Australian) Sqdn, before serving with the
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as serial number Kh.14-5/93. During the 1980s it was part of a playground at Sawankalok,
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.Harmsworth, Tony "Spitfire project arrives at Duxford." ''Aeroplane,'' Volume 37, Issue 11, November 2009, p. 4.


China

;Static display * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TE330''. Displayed at the China Aviation Museum, Datangshan. Acquired in 2008 from New Zealand where it underwent restoration to static display condition by the Subritzky family of North Shore and sold to China via auction."World War II Spitfire Sells for $1.9 Million in New Zealand."
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Czech Republic

;Static display *Spitfire LF Mk.IXE ''TE565''. Served with No. 310 (Czech) Squadron as ''A-712''. Transferred to Czech Air Force in 1945 and put on display in the National Technical Museum from 1950 to 1970 when it was loaned to the Kbely Aviation Museum. In 2008 it was moved back to the National Technical Museum and put on static display as TE565 / NN-N.


Denmark

;Airworthy * Spitfire Mk.IX ''MJ271'' (G-IRTY) Built in 1943 at Castle Bromwich and flew 51 combat missions. Restored as 'The Silver Spitfire' by Historic Flying Limited, the first post-restoration flight took place in late June 2019 at Duxford. Finished in polished aluminium, the owners, Boultbee Flight Academy, circumnavigated the world in the aircraft. ;Static display * Spitfire HF Mk.IXe ''MA298''. After the German occupation, the
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acquired 38 HF Mk.IXe and 3 PR Mk.XI Spitfire aircraft. The Spitfires were phased out and replaced by jets between 1951 and 1955. All but two were scrapped. For a number of years, one was placed in a children's playground. ''MA298'' is the last of the Danish Spitfires to survive; it was delivered to the Danish Air Force in 1947 and was refurbished for display at the Danmarks Flymuseumz, Stauning Airport after it was retired. The aircraft carries the markings of ''41-401'', which was originally carried by ''NH417''.


Egypt

;Static display * Spitfire F Mk. Vc Trop ''BR491''. BR491 served with 92 Squadron and crashed in 1942 in Alexandria, Egypt with the loss of its pilot, Warrant Officer Class I Lloyd George Edwards. The aircraft was recovered in 1999 by the El Alamein Military Museum and put on display in 2001 without the rear tail (presumably deteriorated away while underwater).


France

;Airworthy * Spitfire FR Mk. XIVe ''RM927'' (G-SXIV). Airworthy in UK. ''RM927'' was built in November 1944 and delivered to the RAF in January 1945, assigned to
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as G9-X. After being hit by flak and put into storage for some years, it was sold to the Belgian Air Force in 1947 as SG-25, coded 3R-D, before being stripped of paint and coded IQ-W. In 1957, the aircraft was sold to a scrap dealer, but put on display next to NH904 (airworthy in US) without its wings. It passed through several owners throughout the US and UK, which saw it being delivered to Airframe Assemblies for a rebuild in 2005. The fuselage rebuild was completed in 2009 and got the registration G-JNMA. After some time in storage, the aircraft was sold to the W Air Collection in France in late 2020, with the registration changed to G-SXIV and moved to Sywell to finish the restoration, which should be completed in 2022. The restored Spitfire made its first flight on 5 July 2022 out of Sywell and flew to La Ferté-Alais in France a month later. * Spitfire PR.XIX ''PS890'' (F-AZJS). Entered service 1945. To
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as ''U14-26/97'', in service until 1952. Donated to
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in 1962. Restored to airworthy condition in 2002 as N219AM. Sold to French owner in 2005, re-registered F-AZJS. Damaged in a take-off accident at Longuyon-Villette Airfield,
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) at Duxford, UK, for restoration to flight. The Spitfire was rebuilt and flew again on 6 August 2020. ;Static display * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''RR263''. Built in 1944 and delivered to the RAF that year with 2nd Tactical Air Force. The Spitfire was loaned to Vickers Supermarine for experimental reasons in 1949 before moving to storage. Used as a static backdrop for the Reach for the Sky movie and later was on a plinth at RAF Kenley as ''TB597'', codes GW-B. Later overhauled and repainted again as ''TB597'' as GW-B before being put on display at Musée de l'Air, Le Bourget.


Germany

;Airworthy * Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe ''SM845'' (G-BUOS). Imported from Sweden in 2012 following a fatal incident on 21 August 2010, it flew once again at Duxford on 17 December 2013. Owned by Spitfire Ltd and operated from both Duxford and Humberside. It wears the markings of post-war (July 1950) 28 Squadron based in Hong Kong of overall silver with a red
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and coded ''SM845 / -R''. SM845 was flown to its new home in Germany with Meier Motors in December 2020. * Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe ''TP280'' (D-FSPT). Airworthy with the Hangar 10 Collection. Delivered to India as ''HS654'' in 1947 and brought back as a hulk in the 1970s. It was rebuilt to airworthy condition in 1992 with the UK registration of G-BTXE before being sent to the United States later that year as N280TP. In 2015 it was acquired by the Hangar 10 Collection in Germany as D-FSPT. ;Static display * Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe ''MV370''. On display at the Luftfahrtmuseum,
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. Ex-Indian Air Force instructional airframe (marked T.44), wears the codes ''MV370'', codes EB-Q to represent a machine from No. 41 Squadron RAF.


Greece

;Airworthy * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''MJ755'' (G-CLGS). Built at the Castle Bromwich factory and delivered to
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in August 1944, which at the time was covering operations in Southern France. In 1947 it was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Air Force and later retired to The Hellenic Air Force Museum. In 2018, the aircraft went to the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar in the UK to be restored to fly. The Spitfire made its first flight after restoration on 19 January 2020. Over the course of 25 to 27 May 2021, MJ755 was ferried via France and Italy back to Tatoi, Greece, where it was previously displayed.


India

;Static display * Spitfire Mk.VIII - ''MV459''. On display at the
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. * Spitfire F Mk.XVIIIe - ''SM986''. Former Indian Air Force with the serial ''HS986''. On display at the
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, New Delhi. ;Restoration or stored * Spitfire LF Mk. VIIIc ''NH631''. On display at RIAF Museum Palam. It was delivered to the Royal Indian Air Force in 1945 and was airworthy with the Air Museum in India from the 1960s until they stopped flying it in 1989. Plans were announced in 2018 for it to be restored to flying condition by an external company.


Israel

;Airworthy * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''TE554''. The ''Black Spitfire'', and former
Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...
''20-57''. The personal mount of former Israeli Air Force Chief of Staff and president
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, it is used for ceremonial flying displays and based at the
Israeli Air Force Museum The Israeli Air Force Museum is located at Hatzerim Airbase in the Negev desert. The museum was established in 1977 and has been open to the public since 1991. The museum displays a variety of Israeli Air Force and foreign aircraft, as well as a ...
in
Hatzerim Hatzerim ( he, חֲצֵרִים, ''lit.'' Farmyards) is a kibbutz located 8 kilometers west of Beersheba in the Negev desert in Israel. It is named after the Bible (Deuteronomy 2:23), mentioning a site nearby: "the Avvites who lived in farmyards ...
. ;Static display * Spitfire F Mk.IXe ''EN145''. Built at Chattis Hill, it first flew in 1942 and was delivered to the USAAF in 1943. It was later delivered to the
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in 1946 as ''MM4116'' before being delivered to the
Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...
as ''20-78''. EN145 was acquired by the IDFAF Museum in 1990 and has been on display ever since. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''SL653''. Delivered to the Czechoslovakian Air Force before being delivered to the
Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...
as ''20-28''. It was later acquired by the IDFAF Museum in 1973 where it is on display. This Spitfire was once believed to have been ''TE578'' (it has parts from ''TE578''), but it was confirmed later on during restoration through parts with stencils: 425 (it was given the Burmese number ''UB425'', but never left Israel and the number went to ''SL633'') and the number "28" from the IDFAF ''20-28'' that it actually is SL653.


Italy

;Static display * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''MK805''. On display at the "Vigna di Valle Museum" (
Italian Air Force Museum The Italian Air Force Museum is an aircraft museum at Vigna di Valle, on Lake Bracciano (Lazio), in central Italy. It is operated by the . The museum's collection has an emphasis on Italian machines and seaplanes. While maintaining the technical a ...
) Bracciano, Rome, Italy.


Malta

;Static display * Spitfire F Mk.IXe ''EN199''. On display at the
Malta Aviation Museum Malta Aviation Museum is an aircraft museum situated on the site of the former Royal Air Force airfield in the village of Ta'Qali, on the island of Malta. The museum, based in three hangars, covers the history of aviation on the island with exhi ...
, Ta Qali, Malta. First flown at Eastleigh on 28 November 1942. The aircraft was restored by Ray Polidano, the Museum's Director, in 1992. The aircraft is named 'Mary Rose' in honour of Ray Polidano's wife and carries the code ''R-B'' in memory of the highest-ranking officer who flew it - Wing Commander Ronald Berry D.F.C.


Myanmar (Burma)

;Static display * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''TE513''. Burmese number ''UB421''. On external display at the newly opened (2016) Defence Services Museum which is North-East of Myanmar's capital city, Naypyidaw, in the Zeyathiri Township.AviationMuseum.e
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* Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''TE527''. Burmese number ''UB431''. Rear fuselage and tail-section suspected to be from this aircraft on display within the newly opened Defence Services Museum on the outskirts of Naypyidaw. * Seafire F Mk.XV ''PR376''. Burmese number ''UB409''. On external display at the newly opened (2016) Defence Services Museum on the outskirts of Naypyidaw. ;Possible buried Spitfires in Burma In 2012 a great deal of media attention was given to a claim that the RAF had buried a number of Spitfire Mk.XIV aircraft in
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, unassembled and in their packing crates, during August 1945. However, no documentary or other evidence has been uncovered that this actually happened and some have dismissed the whole story as implausible, including military archaeologist Andy Brockman The Burmese government signed an agreement with David Cundall, a British farmer and aviation enthusiast who was leading the search along with his Burmese business partner Htoo Htoo Zaw, allowing them to begin excavations.
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, used sophisticated geophysical techniques to produce evidence consistent with buried metal at what is now
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, the former RAF Mingaladon airfield. In addition to the aircraft thought to be at this site, other sites with buried Spitfires were claimed, one with as many as 36 aircraft interred."Spitfires in Burma 'could be found'."
''BBC News.''. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
In January 2013, following investigations at both Yangon International Airport and
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, archaeologists led by Andy Brockman concluded that there were no aircraft buried at the sites. Despite this, David Cundall continued his search. Cundall's sponsors, Wargaming Ltd, no longer believed any Spitfires were ever buried and that any aircraft in the area had been re-exported in 1946 withdrew their funding. Despite the withdrawal of the major sponsor, David Cundall said at that time that he remained confident and the search would continue.


The Netherlands

;Airworthy * Spitfire Tr.9 ''MJ772'' (G-AVAV). Served with 341 Squadron, Royal Air Force as NL-W then with 340 Squadron as GW-A. Sold to Vickers-Armstrongs in 1950, converted to two-seat trainer. Carried Class B markings G-15-172. To
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in May 1951 as ''IAC 159''. Withdrawn from flying in 1960. Sold to Film Aviation Services in November 1963 and stored at Biggin Hill. Sold to COGEA, Belgium in May 1964 and stored at Ostend Airport. Sold to Tony Samuelson in 1965 and registered G-AVAV in November 1966. Restored to airworthy condition in July 1967. Leased to Spitfire Productions Ltd for use in the film ''Battle of Britain''. A forced landing was made at Little Staughton on 9 July 1968 due to engine failure, subsequently returned to flying condition. Later sold to Sir William Roberts and displayed as part of the Strathallan Collection, coded NL-R. Sold to Doug Champlin of Enid, Arizona, registered N8R. Later registered in Germany as D-FMKN. Suffered off-airport landing in field, near
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, United Kingdom, on 7 September 2015. Pilot uninjured. As of March 2019, airworthy owned by Warbird Experiences Ltd, based at Biggin Hill airfield. In August 2021, MJ772 was flown to its new home in The Netherlands with the Flying Vintage Everyday Foundation. *Spitfire LF Mk IXc ''MK732'' (PH-OUQ). Operated by The Historic Flight of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (''Koninklijke Luchtmacht Historische Vlucht'') and based at Gilze-Rijen. Built in 1943, it saw action during D-Day. Following the restoration to flight, it initially carried the air force (Klu) markings ''H-25''. Following this it was painted in the scheme it wore when serving with
No. 485 Squadron RNZAF No. 485 (NZ) Squadron was a Fighter aircraft, fighter Squadron (aviation), squadron established for service during the World War II, Second World War. It was the first New Zealand squadron formed under Article XV squadrons, Article XV of the Brit ...
as OU-U, named 'Baby Bea V', but now wears an all-over silver scheme ''3W-17'' of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TB885'' (PH-FVE). Ex 322 (Dutch) Squadron. Cut into sections and buried at
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in 1958. Salvaged 1982. Restored to airworthy status by The Spitfire Company (Biggin Hill). Returned to the air on 4 August 2018. Now wearing original markings of 3W-V of 322Sqn, she is owned by Dutchman , CEO of Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo, who intends to base it with the RNLAF Historical Flight at Gilze-Rijen Air Base. The Spitfire is now registered in the Netherlands as PH-FVE ;Static display *Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''MJ143''. On display at the newly opened National Military Museum sited on the former Royal Netherlands Air Force Base at
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. Previously in storage after being on display for many years at the now closed Militaire Luchtvaart Museum also at Soesterberg. Displayed as ''H-1'', Royal Netherlands Air Force. *Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe ''TP263'', Displayed at the National War & Resistance Museum, Overloon. Ex-Indian Air Force ''HS649'', rebuilt to represent a Mk.XIVc. Wears the spurious serial ''NH649'', with the codes 3W-F of No.322 (Dutch) Squadron.


New Zealand

;Airworthy *Spitfire Tr.9 ''MH367'' (ZK-WDQ). Owned by aerobatic pilot Doug Brooker and arrived in New Zealand on 11 September 2008. It wears RAF desert colours with the markings of FL-A, a Mk IX ''EN520'' flown by the New Zealand Squadron Leader Colin Gray, C/O of 81 Squadron when based in
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in mid-1943. On 15 January 2009, during a transit flight from Auckland, the Spitfire suffered a heavy forced landing on Hood Aerodrome, near
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. The propeller, undercarriage and some fuel lines were damaged but the aircraft was repaired. A second landing accident at Ardmore Airport on 2 December 2009 resulted in damage to the undercarriage and propeller. On 12 June 2011 the aircraft suffered yet another landing accident, this time tipping onto its nose after landing at Ardmore, damaging the propeller * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''PV270'' (ZK-SPI). Owned by businessman Brendon Deere and restored to an airworthy condition over five years at
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, New Zealand, it flew again on 18 March 2009. The aircraft is based in a purpose-built hangar at RNZAF Base Ohakea along with Brendon Deere's
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. * Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe ''NH799'' (ZK-XIV). Owned by 'The Chariots of Fire Fighter Collection' and based at Omaka airfield, New Zealand. Post restoration first flight 2 April 2015, with John Lamont at the controls. Purchased by the Chariots of Fire Fighter Collection, who are based at Omaka, in 2010. Restored to airworthy condition by Avspecs Limited at Ardmore Airport, Auckland. ;Static display * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TE288''. Taken on charge by the RAF on 1 June 1945, the aircraft served with 61 OTU, 501 Squadron RAuxAF (coded ''RAB-D''), and 102 and 103 Fighter Refresher Schools, until placed into storage in 1951. Also used as a prop in the movie "''Reach for the Sky''", it then spent time as a gate guard at
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, Church Fenton and finally Dishforth, before it was sold in 1963 to Canterbury Brevet Club,
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, New Zealand. For many years it was mounted on a pole near the entrance to Christchurch International Airport. In 1984 it was donated to the RNZAF Museum and was restored by RNZAF staff at RNZAF Woodbourne. It is displayed at Wigram, without the serial number, as OU-V of 485 Squadron."Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe."
''The RNZAF Museum Aircraft Collection.''
* Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TE456''. Taken on charge by the RAF on 8 August 1945, the aircraft initially went into storage at 6 MU at Brize Norton. It was issued to 501 RAuxAF Squadron at Filton in March 1946 (coded ''RAB-J''), and then to 612 RAuxAF Squadron at Dyce in May 1949, coded 8W-?. In August 1955 it was used in the movie '' Reach for the Sky''. It has been on static display at the
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, New Zealand, since 1956 when New Zealander Sir
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, wartime commander of No 11 Fighter Group, arranged for it to be donated."Spitfire TE456."
''warbirdregistry.'' Retrieved: 30 August 2009.


Norway

;Airworthy * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''RW386'' (LN-BSP). Built and delivered to 604 Squadron as NG-D but quickly was removed from service and became a gate guard. Restoration began in 1992 and after a halt, its restoration continued in 2002 with a new owner and was rebuilt to flight in 2007 wearing the original 604 Squadron markings. Initially flying with the register of G-BXVI, it was registered SE-BIR when it was exported to Sweden. In 2020, the owner, Biltema Nordic Services, moved to Norway and the aircraft was subsequently re-registered as LN-BSP. ;Static display * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''MH350''. On display at the Norwegian Aviation Museum (''Norsk Luftfartsmuseum''), Bodø. * Spitfire PR Mk.XI ''PL979''. On display at the
Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection (''Forsvarets flysamling Gardermoen'') is a military aviation museum located at Gardermoen, north of Oslo in Viken county, Norway. The founding of the Norwegian Aviation Historical Society in 1967, gave t ...
, Gardermoen, Oslo. ;Restoration or stored * Spitfire Mk IX, ''MJ785'', Ex Royal Norwegian Air Force, crashed in the summer of 1945. Under consideration for restoration to flying condition for Norwegian Flying Aces. * Spitfire LF Mk.IX ''MK997''. Ex
Royal Norwegian Air Force The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) ( no, Luftforsvaret, , The Air Defence) is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian Armed Forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximatel ...
, which crashed into Samsjøen Lake in August 1950, killing the pilot. Wreckage raised on 13 August 2018. To be restored to flying condition for Norwegian Flying Aces.


Poland

;Static display * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''SM411''. Assigned to RCAF 421 Sqn in 1944. On display in the
Polish Aviation Museum The Polish Aviation Museum ( pl, Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie) is a large museum of historic aircraft and aircraft engines in Kraków, Poland. It is located at the site of the no-longer functional Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Ai ...
, Kraków. It wears the spurious markings ''TB995 / ZF-O'' of 308 (City of Kraków) Sqn RAF. In 1977, this aircraft was sent from the United Kingdom to Poland as part of an exchange between the Polish Aviation Museum and the
Royal Air Force Museum The Royal Air Force Museum is a museum dedicated to the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom. The museum is a non-departmental public body of the Ministry of Defence and is a registered charity. The museum is split into two separate sites: * ...
. It was swapped for a World War I
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bomber, the only survivor of its type, which is now on display at the
Royal Air Force Museum London The Royal Air Force Museum London (also commonly known as the RAF Museum) is located on the former Hendon Aerodrome. It includes five buildings and hangars showing the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force. It is part of the Royal Air Fo ...
. Difficulties caused by the then ongoing
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meant nearly nine years were spent negotiating the swap.


Portugal

;Static display * Spitfire HF Mk.IXc ''ML255''. Delivered to the
South African Air Force "Through hardships to the stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = , equipment ...
in 1948. After being damaged in a collision at AFB Ysterplaat, it ended up derelict in Snake Valley,
Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...
until it was recovered and restored to static display for the SAAF Museum. It was later transferred to the
Museu do Ar The Air Museum ( pt, Museu do Ar) is an aviation museum of the Portuguese Air Force located at Sintra Air Base and with spaces at Ovar and Alverca. History The museum dates back to the ''Aero Clube de Portugal'' in 1909 and was created in ...
, at Sintra in Portugal, wearing the Portuguese Air Force markings ''ML255 / MR+Z''.


Serbia

;Static display * Spitfire F Mk.Vc Trop ''JK808'', ser.no. 17-545,Restauracija Aviona Spitfajer Iz Zbirke Muzeja Jugoslovenskog Vazduhoplovstva, Đorđe čistogradov, Flight, no.3, Museum of Yugoslav Aviation, year 2004, While others were scrapped or turned into instructional airframes, ''9489'' (ex ''JK808'') was handed over to
Military Museum Military Museum may refer to museums of military and war, or specific museums including: * Aldershot Military Museum, in Aldershot, England * Athens War Museum, in Athens, Greece * Base Borden Military Museum, Borden, Ontario, Canada * California ...
in
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. It was put on static display first at
Kalemegdan The Kalemegdan Park ( sr, / ), or simply Kalemegdan ( sr-Cyrl, Калемегдан) is the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade. It is located on a cliff, at the junction of the River Sava and the Danube. Kal ...
(Belgrade fortress) as a part of the outdoor museum exhibition. There it received a new coat of paint and an incorrect YAF number ''9486''. After that it was displayed at Belgrade International Airport, as a part of Belgrade Museum of Aviation exhibition, in a purely fictional paint scheme and markings.Spitfajer, A. Kolo and B. Dimitrijević, Belgrade, 1997, This caused confusion about aircraft true identity. Spitfire with YAF number ''9486'' was ex-RAF ''MH592'', which ended as instructional airframe at Rajlovac Air Force Technical Training Center. Aircraft ''9489'' (''JK808'') was thoroughly restored during 1973 by ''Tehnička direkcija'' JAT (
JAT Tehnika Jat Tehnika ( sr, Јат - Tехника) is a Serbian aerospace company providing aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul. The company is based at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport and provides services for Air Serbia and other airlines across Euro ...
) at Belgrade International Airport. After detailed investigation and several paint schemes applied (JK448 code name "W" notably) the true identity of this aircraft was confirmed, based on serial numbers found and archive material as JK808, airframe s/n 17-545, built at Castle Bromwich. An article about restoration and the search for true identity was published in 2004. Aircraft on display contains several non-original parts: engine from another aircraft, Soviet-made camera, landing gear parts, re-manufactured instrument panel, standard RAF instruments and other parts from YAF or
JAT The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...
stocks.


South Africa

;Static display * Spitfire HF Mk.VIIIc ''JF294''. Former South African Air Force, serial ''5501''. On display at the South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg. ;Restoration or stored * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''TE213''. Under restoration at the
South African Air Force Museum The South African Air Force Museum houses exhibits and restores material related to the history of the South African Air Force. The museum is divided into three locations, AFB Swartkop outside Pretoria, AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town and at the Port ...
,
AFB Swartkop Air Force Base Swartkop is South Africa's oldest air force base and houses the South African Air Force Museum. It is managed as part of AFB Waterkloof and houses one of the three branches of the South African Air Force Museum. The name of the a ...
. Served in the South African Air Force as ''5518''. Damaged after forced landing on 15 April 2000 and restoration to airworthy condition is underway


Sweden

;Static display * Spitfire PR Mk. XIX ''PM627''. On static display at the
Flygvapenmuseum The Swedish Air Force Museum ( sv, Flygvapenmuseum) is located at Malmen Airbase in Malmslätt, just outside Linköping, Sweden. Malmen is where Baron Carl Cederström, nicknamed the "Flyer Baron" founded his flying school in 1912. Malmen Airb ...
. Brought on charge by the RAF in 1945 and struck off charge 1951. The Indian Air Force brought it on charge in 1954 as HS964 before they retired ''PM627'' in 1957. It was put into storage at the Indian AF Museum in New Delhi. In 1971, the Canadian Fighter Pilots Association acquired the aircraft and had it delivered by a
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, which was where it was restored for static display in Canada in various locations. The
Flygvapenmuseum The Swedish Air Force Museum ( sv, Flygvapenmuseum) is located at Malmen Airbase in Malmslätt, just outside Linköping, Sweden. Malmen is where Baron Carl Cederström, nicknamed the "Flyer Baron" founded his flying school in 1912. Malmen Airb ...
acquired the plane in 1982, who did a full restoration for static display, and put it on public display at their museum in the markings of a Swedish Spitfire: ''Fv31051''. ;Restoration or stored * Spitfire PR Mk. IV ''BP923''. Under restoration to airworthiness. BP923 was built and flown for the RAF in March 1942 and flew with 1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit. It was delivered to the
Soviet Air Force The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
in October of that year. The aircraft was believed to have been sent to the scrapyard in 1945 when they were retired. The wreckage was discovered in 1972 but only recovered in 1989 and was sent to the Royal Norwegian Air Force Museum. Since the aircraft had no Norwegian history, it was sold to Sven Kindblom of Sweden, who's restoring it to airworthy condition.


Thailand

;Static display * Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe ''SM914''. Royal Thai Air Force serial ''KH14-1/93''. On display at the
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, Bangkok, Thailand in Royal Thai Air Force markings with an overall Silver scheme. * Spitfire PR Mk.XIX ''PM630''. On display at Bangkok-Don Muang. Delivered to the Thai Air Force in 1954 and then moved to the Technical School, Trat, Thailand in 1960. The aircraft was recovered in 1987 and restored for display in 1985. ;Restoration or stored * Spitfire PR Mk. XIX ''PS836''. Under possible restoration to airworthiness. Brought on charge to the Royal Thai Air Force as ''U14-27/97'' in 1954 and was at some point retired before being sent to the Technical School in Chiang Mei, 1978. It was eventually acquired by the RTAF Thai Air Classics/Tango Squadron in 1992 or an airworthy restoration.


United Kingdom

;Airworthy * Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''N3200'' (G-CFGJ). Owned by the Imperial War Museum and operated by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo), based at Duxford Airfield. Ex 19 Sqn machine, it carries the QV squadron codes it wore when it was shot down on 26 May 1940 in support of the
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evacuation of Dunkirk with Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Stevenson, 19 Sqn OC, at the controls. ''N3200'' was restored to airworthy condition by
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, Duxford and is arguably the most authentically restored Spitfire in existence. Its first post-restoration flight took place on 26 March 2014 from the airfield. Donated to the Imperial War Museum on 9 July 2015 by American billionaire and conservationist
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(aka Mark One Partnership LLC), accepted on behalf of the museum by its Patron, Prince William (Duke of Cambridge). * Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''X4650'' (G-CGUK). Owned by Comanche Warbirds. X4650 was built in October 1940 and was delivered to 54 Squadron with the codes KL-A. It crashed in December 1940 before it was struck off charge in June 1941. The remains were recovered in 1976 and a restoration began at Biggin Hill and had its first post-restoration flight in March 2012. * Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''AR213'' (G-AIST). Acquired by Group Captain Allen H. Wheeler on 25 October 1946. In 1968 it flew in the film ''Battle of Britain''. In April 1989 it was acquired by Sheringham Aviation. In 2002 it underwent another restoration, repainted with 57 OTU colours, and coded "JZ-E"."Airworthy Spitfires based in the UK."
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It featured in the 2017 film '' Dunkirk.'' * Spitfire F Mk.IIa ''P7350''. Operated by the RAF
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. It is the only surviving Spitfire from the Battle of Britain still flying and is believed to be the 14th aircraft of the 11,989 built at Castle Bromwich. The aircraft entered service in August 1940 and during the battle served with 266 and 603 Squadrons. * Spitfire LF Mk.Vb ''AB910''. Operated by the RAF
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. Built at Castle Bromwich in 1941 and has a front line operational career spanning almost four years. * Spitfire LF Mk.Vc ''AR501'' (G-AWII). Maintained in airworthy condition with the
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, returned to airworthy status in March 2018 following a rebuild. ''AR501'' was built by
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and flown by No. 310 (Czech) Squadron at
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as ''AR501 / NN-A'' in 1942, where it escorted
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers. Joined the Shuttleworth Collection in 1961, it featured in the 1969 film ''
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''."1942 - Supermarine Spitfire Vc."
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* Spitfire F Mk.Vb ''BM597'' (G-MKVB). Owned by Historic Aircraft Collection. Built in 1942 and delivered to 315 Squadron as PK-C and later 317 Squadron as JH-C, both Polish Squadrons stationed at RAF Woodvale. After its RAF service was complete, it became a gate guard at multiple air bases and was to make moulds for replica Spitfires for the ''
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'' movie. In 1989, the founder of Historic Flying, Tim Routsis, made a deal with the RAF to purchase the aircraft so it could be restored. He sold it to the Historic Aircraft Collection in 1993, who completed the restoration and had its first post rebuild flight in 1997. The aircraft is finished in its original 317 Squadron markings, but with an earlier camouflage scheme (brown and green as opposed to grey and green). * Spitfire F Mk.Vc ''EE602'' (G-IBSY). First post-restoration flight took place on 15 May 2015 at Biggin Hill with Peter Monk at the controls. Restoration carried out over 3 years by the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, Biggin Hill. It wears its original markings DV-V from No. 129 (Mysore) Sqn RAF, along with the authentic inscription 'CENTRAL RAILWAYS URUGUAYAN STAFF' to replicate the markings it wore as a presentation aircraft donated by the British Community in Uruguay. * Spitfire LF Mk.Vb ''EP120'' (G-LFVB). Owned by The Fighter Collection, based at Duxford. Built at Castle Bromwich in 1942 and delivered to 501 Squadron where it got six kills while being flown by Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Northcott. It suffered a ground collision and was repaired by CB before joining 19 Squadron. EP120 was delivered to
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in 1944 and given the codes AE-A. After the war, it became a gate guard and later, a star in the
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movie, before moving into storage in 1989. Acquired by The Fighter Collection in 1993 and had its first flight since restoration in 1995. The aircraft is in its original 402 Squadron markings of AE-A. * Spitfire F Mk.Vc ''JG891'' (G-LFVC). Owned by Comanche Fighters and operated with the assistance of the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo), based in the UK. Built in 1942 and delivered to the RAAF as ''A58-178'', it flew with the RAAF until it was involved in a landing accident in 1944 and was written off. The aircraft was rebuilt and flew again in 2006 with the register G-LFVC before going to the United States, registered as N5TF with the Comanche Fighters, Texas. The Spitfire was involved in a landing accident in July 2017 and was later exported back to the United Kingdom on 25 October 2017 and deregistered from the FAA civil register. It was reregistered as G-LFVC on 31 October 2017 and flew again on 6 July 2018 and is in the markings of a 249 Squadron Spitfire. * Spitfire Mk.VIII ''MT818'' (G-AIDN). Two-seat trainer, restored to airworthy condition by Personal Plane Services,
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, flying on 31 March 2016. Based at Biggin Hill. *Spitfire Mk.VIIIc ''MV154'' (G-BKMI). Airworthy in UK. Built at Supermarine Southampton in 1944, it was delivered by famous ATA pilot Mary Wilkens to 6 Maintenance Unit before it was shipped to Australia for the RAAF as ''A58-671''. It never saw service and remained in storage until 1994, when it was rebuilt to fly with the UK civil register G-BKMI and wears the markings of Spitfire Mk.VIII ''MT928'', a Spitfire which served with No. 154 Squadron. It was later sold to
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in Germany and subsequently reregistered as D-FEUR. The aircraft suffered a prop strike in 2019 during the Battle of Britain Airshow at Duxford in September. The aircraft has since been repaired by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo), re-registered as G-BKMI and has flown in the UK. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''BS410'' (G-TCHI). Airworthy in UK. This Spitfire joined 315 Squadron in 1942 and flew with the squadron until it crashed in 1943, taking F/O Piotr Kuryllowicz as
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. The remains were recovered in 2005, acquired by Martin Phillips and sent to Biggin Hill to have it rebuilt to airworthy condition. On 8 April 2022, this Spitfire made its first flight post restoration from Biggin Hill. * Spitfire F Mk.IXc ''LZ842'' (G-CGZU). Airworthy at Biggin Hill. This aircraft flew with various squadrons in the Malta Campaign, which include 93 Squadron, 232 Squadron (where it wore the codes EF-F) &
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. Afterward it flew with the South African Air Force in 1948. Restoration in the UK included the aircraft being repainted as it did when it was with 232 Squadron as EF-F and the fitting of a Rolls-Royce Merlin X. LZ842 took to the air for the first time post-restoration on 23 June 2021 out of Biggin Hill. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''MH415'' (G-AVDJ). Owned by Warbirds Flight Club Pty Ltd, Hunter Valley NSW, being restored to flying condition. Previously owned by Wilson 'Connie' Edwards and stored at his facility in Big Spring, Texas for decades. During its time with 'Connie' Edwards it wore the codes ZD-E to replicate the colours and markings it wore during its service with No. 222 (Natal) Squadron RAF during 1943. Its FAA registration was cancelled, sold via Platinum Fighter Sales in October 2015 and subsequently transported to Australia. After 5 years of work, it was exported to the UK to fly right before the
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struck. The first post restoration flight for this aircraft finally took place on 8 April 2021 out of Sywell Aerodrome. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXb ''MH434'' (G-ASJV). Owned and operated by ''The Old Flying Machine Company'' and based at Duxford. Built at Castle Bromwich, ''MH434'' shot down an
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in 1943 while serving on 222 Squadron. From the 1980s it was usually flown by
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, ex- Red Arrows leader and display pilot up until his death in late 2005."Spitfire Mk IXB."
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'MH434' has featured at European air shows and has been in many other TV and films including ''
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'', '' The Longest day'', ''
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''. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''MJ627'' (G-BMSB). Serve with
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,
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, coded 9G-Q. Sold in 1950 to Vickers for conversion into a two-seat trainer, carried Class B markings G-15-171. To
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in June 1951 as ''IAC 158''; ground instruction airframe from April 1960. Sold to Tim Davies in February 1964, registered G-ASOZ. Sold to Maurice Bayliss in September 1976, re-registered G-BMSB. Restored to airworthy condition and flew again on 8 November 1993 marked ''9G-Q''. As of October 2016 owned by Warbird Experiences Ltd, based at Biggin Hill airfield. *Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''MK356''. Operated by the RAF
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. Built at Castle Bromwich and delivered to
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in 1944. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''ML295'' (G-CLXB). Under restoration to fly. Originally built as an LF Mk. IXb. Delivered to 39 Maintenance Unit in 1943 and later that year, delivered to
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. It was shot down on 30 July 1944 and later excavated in the 1990s. ML295 was revealed at Biggin Hill as a two-seat Spitfire being rebuilt there and took to the air post-restoration in January 2022. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''ML407'' (G-LFIX). Served with 485 Squadron, Royal
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Air Force as OU-V. Participated in
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. Subsequently, served with 341 Squadron,
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coded NL-D, 308 Squadron, coded ZF-R, 349 Squadron, coded GE-P, 345 Squadron, coded 2Y-A and 332 Squadron, coded AH-B. To 151 Repair Unit in April 1945 and 29 Maintenance Unit in October 1945. Sold to Vickers-Armstrongs in 1950 and converted to a two-seat trainer. Flew under Class B markings G-15-175. To
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in August 1951 as ''IAC 162''. Withdrawn from service 8 July 1960 and stored. Sold to Tony Samuelson in March 1968, then to Sir William Roberts in 1970 and Nick Grace in 1979. Restored to airworthy condition in 1985, registered G-LFIX. Owned by Carolyn Grace and as of October 2016 based at Sywell, it wears the markings it wore when serving with 485 (New Zealand) Squadron. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''NH341'' (G-CICK). Rebuilt to airworthy condition by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) (formally
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) at Duxford. Restored as a two-seat Tr.9. A former 411 Sqn machine, it wears the codes DB-E it wore when in service with the squadron. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''PT462'' (G-CTIX). Owned by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) and operated by Aerial Collective Duxford. It wears the markings SW-A of 253 Sqn RAF. * Spitfire F Mk.IX ''PT879'' (G-PTIX). PT879 was built in 1944 and was delivered to Russia to be part of 2nd squadron, 767th Regiment, 122nd Division of the Russian Air force. After 29 hours of service, it crashed in 1945 and was recovered completely by a socialist-capitalist farmer (who may have seen value in the aircraft in the future). Peter Monk purchased the Spitfire in 1998 and brought it to the UK. It was later acquired by Peter Teichman, owner of the Hangar 11 Collection for restoration. The aircraft took to the skies over Biggin Hill on 28 October 2020. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''PV202'' (G-CCCA). Served with 33 Squadron, 5R-Q, then with 412 Squadron as WZ-M, later coded WZ-W. To 29 Maintenance Unite in July 1945. Sold to Vickers-Armstrongs in 1950 and converted to two-seat trainer. Carried Class B marks G-15-174. To
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in June 1951 as ''IAC 161''. Flew until 1 December 1960 when withdrawn from active service due to crack in undercarriage strut. Became an instructional airframe. Sold to Sir William Roberts in April 1970, to Strathallan Collection in 1972. Sold in 1979 to Nick Grace, later sold to Steve Atkins. Registered G-BHGH, later re-registered G-TRIX. Subsequently, sold to Richard Parker and restored to airworthy condition, it was flown again after restoration on 23 February 1990. Sold to Rick Roberts in 1992. Following a major accident at Goodwood in April 2000, the aircraft was sold to Karel Bos /
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, based at Duxford and was rebuilt. Re-registered G-CCCA. Returned to airworthy condition as Irish Air Corps ''IAC 161'', subsequently operated in Royal Netherlands Air Force livery as ''H-98''. As of October 2016, airworthy marked as 5R-H. Operated by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) and Aerial Collective Duxford, based at Duxford. * Spitfire HF Mk.IXe ''RR232'' (G-BRSF). Built at Castle Bromwich in 1943 and returned to the UK by the late Jim Pearce in 1989, now owned by Martin Phillips, operated by Spitfires.com and based at Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''SM520'' (G-ILDA). Restored to airworthy condition and purchased at auction by Steve Brooks, the first person to fly pole-to-pole by helicopter in 2005."Scrapyard Spitfire fetches £1.7m."
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, 20 August 2009.
operated by Spitfires.com and based at Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex and Solent Airport, Hampshire . * Spitfire HF Mk.IXe ''TA805'' (G-PMNF). Flies from the former RAF station at Biggin Hill. After the war it was used by the
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, recovered from a scrap yard, and returned to England in the early 1990s. It wears 234 Squadron markings FX-M. * Spitfire HF Mk.IXe ''TD314'' (G-CGYJ). Operated by Aero Legends and maintained by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) at Duxford. This Spitfire was built as one of the last high back Spitfires built in late 1944. It saw service in the RAF with 183 Squadron and 234 Squadron before it was delivered to the SAAF. It ended up in a scrapyard in South Africa in 1954 and later rescued in 1969. After multiple owners over many years it ended up in Canada in 2009, which was where Aero Legends acquired in 2011 and restored it to airworthy condition, with its first post-restoration flight on 7 December 2013. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''TE308'' (G-AWGB). Initially allocated to 33 Maintenance Unit, then to 29 Maintenance Unit. Sold to Vickers-Armstrongs in July 1950. Converted to a two-seat trainer. Flew under Class B markings G-15-176. To
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in July 1951 as ''IAC 163''. Wheels-up landing on delivery at Baldonnel Airfield on 30 July. Withdrawn from service 9 September 1961. Sold to Tony Samuelson in April 1968, registered G-AWGB. Restored to flying condition in a month. Appeared in the movie ''Battle of Britain'' and also used for aerial filming where a camera was placed in the front cockpit allowing 'through the windscreen' shots to be captured, many of which appear in the film. Sold to Sir William Roberts in April 1970 then sold to Don Plumb in July. Registered CF-RAF. Reconverted to single seater in 1973. Sold to Thomas Watson and registered N92477. Sold to Woodson K. Woods and reconverted to two-seater in 1979, re-registered N308WK. Sold to Bill Greenwood in 1983. Suffered an accident at
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on 26 April 2008. As of October 2016, under restoration to airworthy condition by QG Aviation. Its US civil register of N308WK was cancelled and was sold to the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar in 2019. The Spitfire flew again in August 2020 in the markings of No. 457 Squadron RAAF. * Spitfire PR Mk.XI ''PL965'' (G-MKXI). Operated by the Hangar 11 Collection at
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. The aircraft conducted over forty operational sorties with 16 Squadron 1944–45. * Spitfire PR Mk.XI ''PL983'' (G-PRXI). Owned by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) at Duxford. Ex RAF Photo-reconnaissance HQ and United States Embassy Flight. Restored to airworthy condition and flew in May 2018, but suffered an undercarriage collapse on landing at Midden-Zeeland Airfield, Netherlands on 22 August 2019. * Spitfire Fr Mk.XIV ''MV293'' (G-SPIT). Built in late 1944 and was sent to the
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in 1945. Nothing is known about its service in India, but the airframe was brought back to the UK in 1978 by Warbirds of Great Britain for restoration. Initially registered as G-BGHB but was later registered as G-SPIT before being acquired by The Fighter Collection and had its first flight after restoration in 1992. The plane used to be painted as an overall silver with codes OI-C to represent post-war RAF Spitfires, but in 2000, it was repainted in the markings of ''MV268'', JE-J, the markings of Johnnie Johnson's Spitfire Mk.XIV. * Spitfire F Mk.XIVe ''RN201'' (G-BSKP). Delivered to Belgian Air Force in 1948 as ''SG.31'', where it served until it was mounted on a plinth after retirement. It remained as a monument at
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until it was acquired by the Historic Aircraft Collection in 1990 for restoration. Restored by
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in 2002 and was registered as G-BSKP. In 2007 it was exported to the United States where it received the registration N201TB. It was cancelled in 2019 and exported to the UK and re-registered as G-BSKP, before flying again on 9 June 2020 at Sywell. The aircraft is now back at Duxford with the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo). * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''RW382'' (G-PBIX). ''RW382'' was built at Castle Bromwich in 1945 as a low back Mk.XVI and was delivered to No. 604 Squadron in 1947 before being retired in 1953. After starring in the ''Battle of Britain'' movie and being a gate guard at various RAF stations, it was rebuilt to fly in 1991 in original 604 Squadron markings as NG-C and registered G-XVIA. It was exported to the United States in 1995 and registered as N382RW before it was lost in a fatal crash in 1998. The wreckage was later exported to the United Kingdom, rebuilt as a high back Spitfire, re-registered as G-PBIX and flew again in 2013 in No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron markings of 3W-P. ''RW382'' was repainted in 2020 as a Spitfire (WZ-RR) from
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USAAF flown by Lieutenant Robert Conner in Italy 1944. * Spitfire Mk.XVI ''TD248'' (G-OXVI). Built in 1944 and entered service in 1945. It saw service with No.695 Squadron before being withdrawn from service in 1953. Displayed at Hooton Park, Cheshire before Historic Flying Ltd acquired the Spitfire and began restoration in 1988 for its first post-rebuild flight in 1992. the aircraft now wears the insignia of a No. 74 Squadron Spitfire XVI, but the codes are the initials of its pilot: Cliff Spink. * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TE184'' (G-MXVI). Operated from the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, Biggin Hill, Kent. Since 2017, it has the colours and markings of 9N-B to represent the Mk.XVI flown by Czechoslovak ace Flt Lt Otto Smik who was Squadron Commander of 127 Squadron when based at Grimbergen, Belgium, in November 1944. During June 2014 it was briefly marked as ''ZF-U'' of 308 (Polish) Squadron to replicate the mount of Jerzy Glowczewski, a veteran who had flown a similarly marked and coded Spitfire on 1 January 1945 when he claimed a FW-190 over Ghent, Belgium. The Air Picnic at the Polish Air Museum in Kraków on Saturday 28 June 2014 was attended by both TE184 in these special markings and also Jerzy Glowczewski, allowing him to be reunited with a machine in 'his' markings. ''TE184'' was brought to Poland for this occasion by Jacek Mainka, the first Pole ever to fly a Spitfire into and in Poland. Jacek's late grandfather, Ryszard Kwiatkowski, was a mechanic with 303 and 308 Squadrons during the war and saw Glowczewski off in ZF-U for that mission. * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TE311''. The aircraft's Movement Card indicates it was awaiting allocation from Castle Bromwich on 8 June 1945 and at 39 MU eight days later. On 3 October the aircraft was allocated to the ECFS Handling Squadron at Hullavington for trials. In February 1946 it was transferred to 33, or possibly 39 MU and remained in storage until being allocated to 1689 FPT Flight at Aston Down on 31 May 1951. On 21 June it was involved in a landing accident while being piloted by F/Lt. RM Doig (South African), requiring on site repair by Vickers Armstrong, returning to service on 13 December. In April 1953 the aircraft was allocated to the Ferry Training Unit at Benson, however by late September it was transferred back to storage with 33 MU. TE311's final operational use was a very brief allocation in January/February 1954 to 2 CAACU Langham, before returning to 33 MU. On 11 August 1955 the aircraft was sent to Tangmere for Gate Guardian duties until being loaned for participation in the Battle of Britain Film, with a mock wooden 'high back' and possibly restored to taxi condition. In 1971 it was thought to be back at Benson but on the gate, though at some point (possibly 1977) it was transferred to the RAF Exhibition Flight. In 2000 TE311 arrived at the BBMF alongside TB382 as spare parts airframes. In 2002, ''TE311'' was determined to be in a good enough condition to be restored to fly, and had its first flight in 58 years in October 2012. Since May 2018, it flies with the markings SZ-G, markings once carried by TD240 of
No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron ( pl, 316 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Warszawski") was a Polish fighter squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1941. It ...
. *Spitfire Mk.XIX ''PS853'' (G-RRGN). Operated by Rolls-Royce Heritage Flight. Officially retired into ceremonial and display duties in 1957, ''PS853'' was acquired by Rolls-­‐Royce in 1996 after being operated for decades by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. * Spitfire PR Mk.XIX ''PM631''. Operated by the RAF
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at
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in
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. Built as a high altitude reconnaissance aircraft in November 1945. It currently wears the colours of a PR XIX from No 541 Squadron which performed photographic reconnaissance missions over the Europe from early 1944 to the end of the war. * Seafire LF Mk.IIIc ''PP972'' (G-BUAR). Owned by Air Leasing Ltd. Built in 1944 and delivered to 809 Squadron Fleet Air Arm before joining the Aeronavale (French Navy) as ''12F.2'' (later ''1F.9''). It was purchased by a private individual in 1970 and was on static display in 1982 at the Resistance Museum at St Marcel. An airworthy restoration began in 1988 and was registered as G-BUAR. It was later acquired by Air Leasing in 2012 and was completed in 2015. * Seafire F Mk.XVII ''SX336'' (G-KASX). Owned by Tim J. Manna, Cranfield. Built by
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in 1946. Served with various units in the
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before it was scrapped in 1955. It was recovered in the 1970s as a bare fuselage and after a few owners, went to Tim Manna to finish the restoration. Took to the air for the first time since restoration in 2006. At some point after 2015, the aircraft was subject to an overhaul as part of a required major service for the Seafire. During this, the firewall was found to have been cracked (a known problem with Spitfires, and possibly caused or worsened from the 2011 gear up landing) and had to be largely disassembled to check the structural integrity of the fuselage. The restoration was completed and the first flight was carried out on 18 November 2021. ;Static display * Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''K9942''. On display at the
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,
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wearing 72 (Basutoland) Squadron markings as ''K9942 / SD-D''. The markings replicate the ones it wore whilst serving with 'A Flight', 72 Squadron in 1939. This is the oldest Spitfire still in existence, being the 155th Spitfire built. * Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''P9444''. On display at the Science Museum London wearing 72 (Basutoland) Squadron markings as RN-D with whom it served in 1940 * Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''R6915''. On display at the Imperial War Museum, London. This aircraft flew during the Battle of Britain with 609 Squadron. Among the pilots who flew it were aces
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, who had two victories in this aircraft, and John Dundas, who scored one. * Spitfire Mk.Ia ''X4590''. On display as part the Battle of Britain Experience at the
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, Hendon, in 609 Squadron markings as ''X4590 / PR-F''. These are the markings it wore when serving with 'A Flight' 609 Squadron from RAF Middle Wallop, October 1940. It is credited with ½ share of Ju-88 whilst being flown by Pilot P/O S. J. Hill on 21 October 1940. * Spitfire F Mk.IIA ''P7540''. On display at the
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is a volunteer-operated aviation museum located in and around the World War II-era watch tower (control tower) at the former RAF Dumfries, located two miles north east of the centre of Dumfries, Scotlan ...
at the former
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airfield. This aircraft was built at
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on 20 October 1940 and was first issued to 66 Squadron at
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. Whilst being flown by Flying Officer Bobby Oxspring DFC** AFC, it was credited with shooting down a Messerschmitt Bf 109 during the
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. On 25 October 1941, whilst being flown by Flying Officer Frantisek Hekl, 312 (Czech) Sqn from
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, it crashed into
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. It was finally recovery from
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in 1982 and restored to static condition and finally revealed to the public in 2017. * Spitfire F Mk.Vb ''BL614''. On display at the
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, Hendon, in 222 (Natal) Squadron markings. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''ML427''. On display at
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* Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''RW388''. On display at the
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, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. It was formally presented to the City of Stoke-on-Trent in 1972 and was built by the contractor Vickers Armstrong, in Castle Bromwich. It is fitted with a Merlin 266 (Packard) engine. * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TB752''. On display at the Hurricane and Spitfire Memorial Museum at the former
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in authentic Canadian 403 (Wolf) Squadron markings as KH-Z. * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TE462''. On display at the
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,
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. * Spitfire F Mk.21 ''LA198''. Built in September 1944 at South Marston. Assigned to No 1 Sqn (RAF Manston). On 12 May 1947, allocated to 602 Sqn (City of Glasgow) Royal Auxiliary Air Force. Used in the ''Battle of Britain'' film. Aircraft is on display since the July 2006 reopening of
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Glasgow. It wears the markings ''LA198 / RAI-G'' and replicates the colours it wore during its 602 Squadron service. * Spitfire F Mk.24 ''PK683''. On display at
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in
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. * Spitfire F Mk.24 ''PK724''. On display at the
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, Hendon. * Spitfire F Mk.24 ''VN485''. A former Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force aircraft on display at the
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it wears an all-over silver scheme with a red/white
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. * Seafire F Mk.XVII ''SX137''. On display at the
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, Yeovilton. ;Restoration or stored * Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''P9372'' (G-CLIH). Under restoration at Biggin Hill, Kent, Dutch sources report she is owned by Dutchman Frits van Eerd, CEO of Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo. *Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''X4276'' (G-CDGU). Under restoration to fly. Built in 1940 and delivered to 54 Squadron later that year and flown by F/Lt Al Deere with the codes KL-B and the name Kiwi III. It collided with X4650 in December 1940 (now airworthy in the UK) and subsequently struck off charge. The remains were recovered in 1987 and has been registered G-CDGU for an airworthy restoration. * Spitfire F Mk.IIa ''P7819'' (G-TCHZ). Under restoration to fly. It became part of 9 Maintenance Unit before joining 303 Squadron in 1941. It was shot down later that year which killed F/O Mierszwa. The remains were later recovered and acquired by Martin Phillips for an airworthy restoration. *Spitfire F Mk.IIb ''P8331'' (G-KOSC). Under restoration to fly. Ordered as part of a consignment of 1000 Mk.II aircraft on 12 April 1939, ''P8331'' was taken on charge from the Castle Bromwich Spitfire factory on 12 March 1941. Delivered to 12 MU on 4 April continuing on to
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Sqn "Kosciuszko Squadron" based at RAF Northolt on 13 May. ''P8331'' would fly some 52 combat missions with 303 Sqn in the little over six weeks it was operational. Of the 15 pilots who flew the aircraft, eight were Battle of Britain veterans, including Canadian
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Kent, and Polish flying legends Wojciech Kolaczkowski, Boleslaw Drobinski, Waclaw Lapkowski, Piotr Laguna and Wiktor Strzembosz. ''P8331'' was being flown by Lapkowski on 4 June when it damaged an ME109 in combat over the English Channel between Dungeness and Cap Gris-Nez. On 17 June when being flown by Strzembosz it claimed a probable ME109 over Cap Gris-Nez again, and with the same pilot on 23 June had a confirmed ME109 kill Over North Desvres. Flown by Wing Commander Piotr Laguna leading the Northolt wing on a fighter offensive sweep on the Luftwaffe base at Coquelles on 27 June 1941, ''P8331'' was struck by ground fire and climbing for height Piotr was seen to bail out but was too low for his parachute to open. ''P8331'' impacted the ground just west of the airfield and was to remain buried until 1986 when it was recovered by local archeologists. The wreckage remained within the museum and with a small number of local collectors until 2018 when efforts were made to reunite all the wreckage recovered. In April 2020 the substantial remains consisting of propellers and hub, engine, forward fuselage including the majority of the cockpit and fuselage structure were accepted onto the UK CAA registry. *Spitfire PR.IV ''AA810'' (G-PRID). Under restoration to fly by Spitfire AA810 Restoration Ltd who have contracted restoration oversight to Kennet Aviation Ltd at Old Warden in Bedfordshire. Ordered in July 1940 as a MK1 fighter, this Spitfire was built at Vincents Garage in Reading in the summer of 1941. Test flown by Jeffrey Quill on 17 October 1941 it was delivered to 1 PRU at RAF Benson on 19 October. Assigned to C Flight, it was stationed at RAF Mount Farm in Oxfordshire until deployment to RAF Wick in Scotland in January 1942 as part of the hunt for Tirpitz. Shot down by Heinz Knoke and Dieter Gerhardt on 5 March 1943, ''AA810'' spent the next 76 years sat on the side of a mountain near Surnadal in Norway. It was recovered in July 2018 and restoration began in March 2019. AA810's last pilot was Alastair ''Sandy'' Gunn who parachuted to safety and was captured. He was later one of the 76 officers who escaped from Stalag Luft III, he was caught, and was of the 50 men executed on the orders of Adolf Hitler * Spitfire F Mk.Vb ''AD540'' (Blue Peter). On display at the
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is a volunteer-operated aviation museum located in and around the World War II-era watch tower (control tower) at the former RAF Dumfries, located two miles north east of the centre of Dumfries, Scotlan ...
at the former
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airfield. This aircraft was paid for by funds raised by the people of Newmarket in 1941 and named after the winner of the 1939 Derby. During 1942, the aircraft was flying from
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piloted by
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David Gasphard Hunter Blair,
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, tasked with providing air cover to the RMS Queen Mary troopship. During this mission, it was then tasked to intercept enemy aircraft inland. For some reason the pilot was forced to bail out from the aircraft, which subsequently crashed near Cairnsmore of Carspahairn. The pilot was tragically killed when his
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failed to open. The aircraft was recovered by the
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is a volunteer-operated aviation museum located in and around the World War II-era watch tower (control tower) at the former RAF Dumfries, located two miles north east of the centre of Dumfries, Scotlan ...
with help from a
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Sea King from
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, on 12 July 1993 and featured on an episode of the TV show Blue Peter. Wreckage and
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engine currently on display to the public in unrestored condition. *Spitfire PR Mk. IV ''BP926'' (G-PRIV). First flown on 2 April 1942 and delivered to the Soviet Air Force on 3 September 1944, before it was shot down by a Bf-109G on 18 June 1944. The wreckage was recovered at some point and is currently registered G-PRIV to Peter Arnold for an airworthy restoration *Spitfire LF Mk. Vb ''AD189'' (G-CHVJ). Built by Castle Bromwich and delivered to No. 602 Squadron RAF in 1941. It ran out of fuel on a sortie and crashed in Crewkerne, Somerset, when it was subsequently abandoned and struck off charge in 1942. The wreckage was excavated and registered to George Farrant as G-CHJV in 2013 to fly. *Spitfire F Mk.Vb ''BL688'' (G-CJWO). Currently being restored to flight by Parnall Aircraft Company. The aircraft flew Forward Air Control over the beaches of Normandy during D Day and remained active supporting ground troops and naval bombardment. *Spitfire F Mk. Vb ''BM539'' (G-SSVB). Built and delivered to No. 242 Squadron RAF in June 1942, later serving with
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in 1943,
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and
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before being lost in a collision with BM323 on 9 July 1943. The wreckage was recovered in 2007 and initially registered as G-CGBI to Robert Cole. Since April 2020, it was registered as G-SSVB to Thomas Gilbert to restore it to airworthy condition. * Spitfire F Mk.Vc ''EE606''. In storage with Warbirds of Great Britain. Delivered to the RAAF as ''A58-106'' in 1942 and struck off charge in 1948. Was brought back to the UK in the 1980s and registered G-MKVC to Charles Church of Spitfires Ltd. It flew in November 1988 but sadly crashed seven months later with the loss of Charles Church in July 1989. The CAA classified the aircraft as destroyed with the registry cancelled, but the wreckage was sold to Doug Arnold of Warbirds of Great Britain in 1990. * Spitfire F Mk.Vc ''EF545'' (G-CDGY). Owned by Aero Vintage Ltd, Duxford. It was delivered to the RAAF in 1943 as ''A58-149'' and assigned to 79 Squadron with the code UP-O. ''EF545'' flew in the RAAF until it was written off in 1944 after two landing accidents and a ground fire following a short circuit during an engine run. The remains were recovered in 1973 for (an incomplete) restoration which occurred in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Some parts from this airframe were used to restore ''JG891'', but ''EF545'' is registered individually on the UK Civil Aviation Authority. * Spitfire HF Mk. Vc ''LZ844''. Owned by Martin Cobb. Built in 1943 and delivered to the RAAF as ''A58-213'' that year, allotted to
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with the codes UP-X. It got wrecked in a landing accident in December of that year and written off. The airframe was recovered in 1977 and restored to almost stock condition in 1996 (the four-bladed propeller (and possibly the engine also) came from a
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) in the markings of ''R6915'' coded PR-U, later repainted as ''LZ844'', coded UP-X. It was sold to Martin Cobb alongside ''TE566'' in 2011, being stored at
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. * Spitfire LF Mk.VIII ''JF872'' (G-RAAF). Delivered to the RAAF as ''A58-328'' and was struck off charge in 1948. * Spitfire F Mk.VIII ''JG668'' (G-CFGA). Delivered to the RAAF as ''A58-441'' and was struck off charge in 1948. Registered as G-CFGA to The Pembrokeshire Spitfire Aeroplane Company * Spitfire Tr.9 ''BS548''. Owned by Vintage Fighter Restorations. Built as a Mk.IXb and flew in various squadrons including
No. 341 Squadron RAF The No. 341 Squadron also known in French as ''Groupe de Chasse n° 3/2 "Alsace"'', was a Free French squadron in the RAF during World War II. History No. 341 Squadron was formed on 15 January 1943 at RAF Turnhouse, with personnel from the Fre ...
, with which it was flying with when in was shot down in 1943. The remains were unearthed in 2012 and is being rebuilt as a two seater. Currently, the wings are with Vintage Fighter Restorations in Scone, New South Wales, while the fuselage is being restored in the UK by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo), and will fly with Vintage Fighter Restorations in Australia. * Spitfire F Mk.IX ''EN179'' (G-TCHO). Under restoration to fly. Built and first flown in 1942 before joining No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron. It later served with No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron and
No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron ( pl, 316 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Warszawski") was a Polish fighter squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1941. It ...
as SZ-J (other codes listed but only one with photographic evidence) before being shot down on 19 August 1943, killing the pilot: F/O Andrzej Prochnicki. The wreckage was recovered in 2005 and registered to Martin Phillips as G-TCHO. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''EN570''. Ex Royal Air Force, shot down at
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, France, in 1943. Under restoration to flying condition for Norwegian Flying Aces incorporating new fuselage and wings. * Spitfire HF Mk.IXe ''MA764'' (G-MCDB). Under restoration to fly. Built at Castle Bromwich in 1943 and delivered to
No. 122 Squadron RAF No. 122 (Bombay) Squadron was a Royal Air Force fighter squadron during the First and Second World Wars. History The squadron was formed on 1 January 1918 at Sedgeford as a day bomber unit with the Airco DH.4, the intention was to train the squ ...
(squadron code MT) in August 1943. The aircraft was shot down on 25 November 1943 over France by multiple Bf 109s. The wreckage was unearthed in 2005 and registered as G-MCDB to Mark Collenette in 2008 to be restored at Biggin Hill to fly. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''MJ444'' (G-LEGD). Under restoration to fly. Originally built as an LF Mk.IX, MJ444 was built in 1943 and first flew with
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in September 1944.
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later took "ownership" of the aircraft before being transferred to No. 443 Squadron in December 1944, before in January 1945, was shot down over Belgium. MJ444 was recovered at some point and is being rebuilt by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) as a two seater with the registration G-LEGD, which will fly alongside another ex No.411 squadron aircraft: NH341, already airworthy with Aero Legends. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''MK912'' (G-BRRA). Built in 1944, this Spitfire flew for the RAF both during and after the Second World War for a number of different air forces, until being damaged in 1953. Passing through various collections, it was restored between 1992 and 2000, flying again on 8 September 2000. Previously owned and flown by Ed Russell in Niagara Falls, Ontario, MK912 was sold in 2011 Biggin Hill, Kent. The aircraft made a forced landing at Biggin Hill due to a loss of engine power on 1 August 2015, this tore off the right wing and caused other substantial damage. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''ML119'' (G-SDNI). Delivered to
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in April 1944 and in December 1946, was delivered to the Czech Air Force as ''A-719''. ML119 also flew with the IDFAF as ''20-20'' in 1948 and with the Burmese Air Force as ''UB441'' in 1955. By 1965, it was a retired aircraft and was a gate guardian in Burma in various places until 1998, when it left Burma for the United States. After a couple of changes in owners, it was registered as G-SDNI in 2009 for an airworthy restoration. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''ML411''. Delivered to Turkey in 1947 after serving with many squadrons in the RAF. It was recovered at some point and registered G-CBNU, but cancelled later on. * Spitfire LF Mk.IX ''PL258'' (G-NSFS). Initially, with 39 Maintenance Unit, it was delivered to No.331 (Norwegian) squadron in 1944 and was involved in a mid-air collision with another Spitfire and belly-landed in the Netherlands. The remains were recovered in February 2018 and it is being restored to fly by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) at Duxford. The Spitfire will be based in Norway with the Norwegian Spitfire Foundation once the restoration is completed, along with a Norwegian civil register. * Spitfire F Mk.IXe ''RK858'' (G-CGJE). This Spitfire was built in 1943 and in 1944 was delivered to the Soviet Air Force. No details about its service in Russia exists, apart from the fact that it was shot down at some point and was recovered in 1992 in a wrecked, but intact state. ''RK858'' was registered as G-JGCA to be restored to flight at Duxford. * Spitfire F Mk.IX ''RK912'' (G-CLCS). Built and delivered to Casablanca in 1944 and bounced around Africa until 1945 when it was hit by flak and went down in Italy. In 2010 the remains were recovered and shipped to Duxford, where it was registered G-CLGS and will undergo an airworthy restoration. * Spitfire LF Mk. IX ''SM639'' (G-CKYM). Built by Castle Bromwich in 1944 and delivered to the Soviet Air Force in February 1945. It crashed in Russia at some point during service and the wreckage was recovered in 1994. Passing through various owners, it got a civilian registration of G-CKYM to Mark Bennet in 2019. * Spitfire LF Mk.IX ''TE517'' (G-JGCA). Being rebuilt at Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar. Built and delivered to the RAF in 1945 with No. 313 Squadron RAF before being allocated to the
Czech Air Force "The air is our sea" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , battle_honours = , battle_honours_label = , flying_hours = , websi ...
. The
Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...
acquired the Spitfire in 1948 as ''20–46''. It was acquired by Robs Lamplough in 1977 and had the registration G-BIXP but not taken up. Charles Church acquired the remains in 1984 and had it registered as G-CCIX before being acquired by
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in 1992 after Charles Church's death. It is now with Peter Monk at the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar to be rebuilt to fly as G-JGCA. * Spitfire Tr.9 ''TE566''. Owned by Martin Cobb. It was built in early 1945 and was delivered
No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF No. 312 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. History The squadron was formed at Duxford on 29 August 1940. It was crewed mostly by escaped Czechoslovak pilots, but its first c ...
with the codes DU-A. After the war ended, the squadron was transferred to the
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and TE566 went with the squadron. It joined the Israeli Air Force in 1949 as 20-32 until retired in 1956. It was recovered by Guy Black of Aero Vintage alongside MJ730 (now with Jerry Yagen in Virginia Beach) with the register G-BLCK. It was rebuilt as a standard LF Mk. IX in 1992 in Czech markings and insignia. The markings were modified in 1994 with RAF insignia and D-Day stripes (the codes and other markings remained) and flew in the UK by Historic Aircraft Collection until sold to Andrew Torr of South Africa in 1998 with the register ZU-SPT. Mike Snoyman acquired the plane in January 2002, only for it to crash four months later at its base at
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with the loss of Mike Snoyman. The wreck was sold by insurance to Aviation Australia in Brisbane, to be rebuilt as a two seater with the registration of VH-IXT. It was acquired by Martin Cobb in 2011 alongside ''LZ844'' and is stored at
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. * Spitfire F Mk.XII ''EN224'' (G-FXII). Under restoration to airworthy condition at
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in Suffolk. Previously stated that would be complete by June 2012. * Spitfire F Mk.XIVc ''RM689'' (G-ALGT). In storage at East Midlands with Rolls-Royce. Delivered to 350th Squadron in 1945 as MN-E and later acquired by Rolls-Royce in 1949 and refurbished to fly with the registration G-ALGT. It flew in the
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movie with period accurate markings before returning to Rolls-Royce. It was painted in the markings of ''RM619'', AP-D of No. 130 Squadron before being repainted in original markings of MN-E of 350th Squadron. The Spitfire crashed during an airshow at
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in 1992 with the loss of the pilot and the civil registration cancelled by the CAA. Ten years later, the registration G-ALGT was reassigned to ''RM689'' for a new-build restoration by Rolls-Royce Heritage Hangar before being moved to long-term storage in 2010. * Spitfire F Mk. XIV ''RM694'' (G-DBKL). Under restoration to fly. Built in October 1943 at Chattis Hill shadow factory with a Griffon 65, it was delivered to No. 91 Squadron RAF in July 1944. It would carry out 30 missions to intercept
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s, with a kill credited to Flying Officer Elcock while flying RM694 on 7 August 1944. The aircraft would be transferred to No.402 Squadron RCAF later on and wrecked in September 1944, being repaired back to service on 21 April 1945. The Central Fighter Establishment would be the last group to fly RM694, with the Spitfire grounded in November 1948, becoming an instructional airframe as ''6640M''. Over the decades, passing through several owners, the wings were used to rebuild ''NH904'' in the 1960s with 2021 finally bringing the fuselage of RM694 to Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar to take to the skies, registered as G-DBKL. * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''SL611'' (G-SAEA). This MK.XVI served with No. 603 Squadron RAF in 1947 before it was lost in a crash that year with the loss of Flt Lt Donald James Ott Loudon. The wreckage was recovered in 1997 and the aircraft has since 2005 undergone a long-term restoration to fly, getting the registration of G-SAEA in 2015. * Spitfire LF Mk. XVIe ''TE356''. Under restoration with at Biggin Hill. It was built and delivered to the RAF in 1945 with No. 695 Squadron RAF with the codes 4M-M and 8Q-Z. After retirement, it would be used as an instructional airframe before it would join the Battle of Britain movie as a taxiable airframe, where it would make an unplanned "hop" into the sky during a fast taxi. Various attempts after the film to get the Spitfire in airworthy condition failed, but a restoration finally occurred in the late 1980s and made its first post rebuild flight on 16 December 1987 as G-SXVI. In 1990 the aircraft joined the Evergreen Aircraft Collection in Oregon with the registration N356EV, later as N356TE. ''TE356'' suffered an undercarriage collapse on landing in 1996 but later repaired. After it left the Evergreen collection, the aircraft went "into hiding" for a while, but ''TE356'' went to Biggin Hill in 2019 to be restored. * Spitfire F Mk. XVIII ''TZ219''. Under restoration in the UK to fly. Delivered to the Indian Air Force in 1947 as HS683 and was retired in 1962 and became an instructional airframe. It was brought into the ownership of the Indian Air Force Museum in 2019. The plan was for it to be on static display, but an airworthy restoration was possible. The aircraft ended up being sent to Air Leasing at Sywell, who will restore this aircraft back to airworthiness before being returned to India for their Indian Air Force Historic Flight. * Spitfire PR Mk.XIX ''PS915''. Under major refurbishment at Duxford by the Aircraft Restoration Company. Operated by the RAF
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at
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in
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. Entered service too late for the war, joining 541 Squadron at
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in June 1945."The Spitfire."
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Before entering refurbishment it wore the colours and markings of ''PS888'', a PRXIX of 81 Squadron based at Seletar in Singapore during the Malaya Campaign. This aircraft conducted the last ever operational sortie by an RAF Spitfire when, on 1 April 1954, it flew a photographic mission over an area of jungle in Johore thought to contain hideouts for Communist guerrillas. For the occasion, the aircraft's ground crew painted the inscription 'The Last!’ on the left engine cowling * Spitfire F Mk.22 ''PK519'' (G-SPXX). Under amateur restoration by Peter Arnold in the UK. Delivered to No. 615 Squadron in 1949 and lost in a collision with ''PK518''. The wreckage was recovered in 2001 and Peter Arnold acquired it in 2012 for an airworthy restoration. * Spitfire F Mk. 22 ''PK624''. Under restoration to fly. After construction, the aircraft was sent to storage at 6 MU for a number of years, before finally being delivered to 614 Squadron as RAU-T on the 25th August 1948. After two years, the aircraft went back to storage with 6 MU. PK624 was later sent to 9 MU and in 1951, was being prepped for sale to the Syrian Air Force, which didn't end up happening and was kept with the RAF until its retirement in 1953. In 1957, some members of 604 Squadron were looking after it and flying it (although not officially an RAF aircraft) which was the last time it would fly before going on gate guardian display at
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, which for some reason was painted with the serial ''WP916'', which is a de Havilland Chipmunk serial. This was fixed in 1963 and moved to RAF Station Northolt where it would stay for the next seven years. It was moved again in 1970 to
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where it was repainted in its 614 Squadron markings. This would be its last 'posting' before its value was recognised in 1989, and like all other gate guardian aircraft of that time, were brought down to protect them from further effects from the elements, which saw ''PK624'' moved to
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. The Fighter Collection negotiated with the MoD to get the Spitfire from them in 1994, who have been over time, cleaning up the aircraft and undergoing the required work to see the aircraft fly again. * Spitfire F Mk. 22 ''PK664''. Under restoration to fly. This aircraft was a gate guardian at several airbases until it was put into storage at the RAF Museum Reserve Collection in Stafford. The aircraft was sold to Kennet Aviation in exchange for a failed recovery attempt to retrieve a P-40E from Egypt. ''PK664'' is now undergoing its own restoration, with the fuselage at Airframe Assemblies being rebuilt as of 2020.Serious about Seafires
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* Seafire LF Mk.III ''RX168'' (G-BWEM). Under restoration to airworthiness. Delivered to the Irish Air Corps as ''IAC 157'' until becoming an instructional airframe in 1953. Possibly broken up in the 1960s, but became a restoration project sometime after and registered G-BWEM in 1995. * Seafire F Mk.XV ''SR462'' (G-TGVP). Flew with the Burmese Air Force before being retired as a gate guard. It was recovered in the 1990s and was previously under restoration in
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before heading to the UK for restoration, registered G-TGVP, with the restoration happening at Kennet Aviation at Old Warden. * Seafire F Mk.XVII ''SX300'' (G-RIPH). Its military service is not well known, but it was recovered by Peter Arnold in 1973. It is now owned by Seafire Displays Ltd, Cayman Islands, but at Old Warden in the UK with Kennet Aviation for restoration. * Seafire F Mk.46 ''LA546'' (G-CFZJ). Recovered in 1971 by Peter Arnold at the same time as ''LA564'' for restoration. It is now registered to Craig Charleston as G-CFZJ. * Seafire F Mk.46 ''LA564'' (G-FRSX). Recovered in 1971 by Peter Arnold at the same time as ''LA546'' for restoration. It is now owned by Seafire Displays Ltd, Cayman Islands, but at Old Warden for restoration to fly. In 2020, the fuselage was being prepared to be sent to Airframe Assemblies on the Isle of Wight to be rebuilt.


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;Airworthy * Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''P9374'' (N92SQ). Owned by Ellenville LLC. Restored to airworthy condition by
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, made its first post-restoration flight at Duxford on 9 September 2011, registered as G-MKIA. Previously owned by the Mark One Partnership LLC at Duxford Airfield. In July 2017 it was sold to a private owner in the United States with the register N92SQ. It wears the exact colours it wore flying with 92 Sqn from RAF Croydon when shot down on 24 May 1940, ''P9374 / -J'', and it landed on the beach at Calais, France. It was flown by Flying Officer Peter Cazenove, who survived the crash and was taken prisoner by the Germans. He was held in Stalag Luft III and involved in the Great Escape. * Spitfire F Mk.Vc ''AR614'' (N614VC). Owned by the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington. It was built in 1942 by Westland Aircraft and was delivered to 312 (Czech) Squadron. In 1945 it became an instructional airframe and remained that way until sold to a Canadian Museum in 1963. It became airworthy in the 1990s before joining FHCAM in 1999 in its 312 Squadron markings. * Spitfire F Mk.Vb ''BL628'' (N628BL). Owned by Lewis Air Legends and based at Encinal, Texas. It wears the markings ''YO-D'' of 401 (RCAF) Squadron at RAF Gravesend, which it wore during 1942 as the personal aircraft of G. B. "Scotty" Murray. ''BL628'' had the name ''Marion'' painted on the fuselage just forward of the cockpit after the pilot's girlfriend, and this detail has been faithfully replicated. * Spitfire F Mk.Vb ''EP122'' (N5TF). Owned by Comanche Fighters, Texas. This Spitfire was built in 1942 and saw service in Malta with 249 Squadron, 185 Squadron and 1435 Squadron. The aircraft crashed landed on 27 March 1943 on the cliffside of Dwejra Bay, Gozo and subsequently pushed over the cliff into the sea. The wreckage was recovered in the 1970s and flew in the UK with the civil register G-CISV. It starred in the 2017 film '' Dunkirk.'' The plane was exported to the United States in 2018 and registered N5TF. * Spitfire F Mk.IX ''BR601'' (N64SQ). Built in 1942 and delivered to
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that year as SH-F. Over its time with the RAF, BR601 also served with 453 Squadron as FU-S, 129 Squadron as DV-S, 316 Squadron as SZ-H before joining 165 Squadron in 1944. It survived the war and joined the SAAF with the serial 5631 (one number before ''RR232'' as ''5632'', airworthy in UK) in 1949. After SAAF service, it was used as a parts frame to restore ''MA793'' (now in Brazil) before being "rebuilt" itself and on display at a scrapyard in 1976. 10 years later, the aircraft was removed from display and sold to the UK in storage, before becoming airworthy in the UK as G-CIYF, wearing its original 64 Squadron markings of SH-F. It was exported to the US later that year to join the
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as N64SQ. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''MJ730'' (N730MJ). Owned by Jerry Yagen and based at the
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,
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. In April 1944 ''MJ730'' was assigned to
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, then operating in
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. It flew 95 missions as an escort for American bombers over northern Italy. In June 1946, it was transferred to the
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. In 1947, ''MJ730'' was used in the film '' Thunderbolt!'', directed by
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. In 1951 it was sold to the Israeli Air Force, and after service ended up in an
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playground. In the 1970s, a collector transported it back to Britain for restoration. FedEx founder Fred Smith bought it in 1986. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''MK959'' (N959RT). Owned by the Texas Flying Legends Museum. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''ML417'' (N2TF). Delivered to 443 RCAF Squadron in 1944 before being converted as a two seater for the Indian Air Force as ''HS543'' in 1948. It was brought to the back to the UK to join The Fighter Collection and was rebuilt as a single seater in its original 443 Squadron Markings. Becoming airworthy in the UK in 1984 with the registration G-BJSG, it went to the United States in 2001 and registered N2TF. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXe ''SL633'' (N633VS). Owned by John Sessions with the Historic Flight Foundation and based at Felts Field, Spokane Washington. A historic machine that has served with the Royal Air Force, the Czechoslovakian Air Force, the fledgeling Israeli Air Force, and finally the Burmese Air Force. It wears the markings of the Czechoslovakian Air Force as JT-10 of the 4th Air Regiment. * Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe ''NH749'' (N749DP). Owned and operated by the
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, based at Camarillo airport, Southern California. Built in late 1944, ''NH749'' was shipped to India in July 1945 to serve with the RAF's
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(SEAC) squadrons. Rendered surplus to requirements by the Japanese surrender in August 1945 ''NH749'' was placed in storage and sold to the
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in late 1947. In 1978 it was rediscovered and transported to England by the Hayden-Bailey brothers. After restoration to flying condition ''NH749'' was sold to Keith Wickenden with the civil registration G-MXIV. ''NH749'' was later sold to David Price's Museum of Flying in the United States and was operated from 1985 to 2005 when it was once again sold, this time to the CAF. It wears a SEAC colour scheme with the markings ''-L''. * Spitfire F Mk.XIVe ''SM832'' (N54SF). Built in 1945 and served with the Indian Air Force. It was brought back to the UK and restored to flight in 1995 as G-WWII before going to France as F-AZSJ. In 2002 it was brought back to the UK as G-WWII. It was acquired in 2004 by Planes of Fame in Chino, California as N54SF. Currently registered to Comanche Fighters in Texas. *Spitfire FR MK.XVIe ''TB252'' (N752TB). Delivered to No. 329 Squadron RAF on 1 March 1945 and
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on the 15th of that month. It later served with 350 Squadron of the Belgian Air Force in 1946 before it became a gate guardian in 1955. It remained as a monument until 1988 when it was acquired by Historic Flying, before undergoing restoration to fly by Avpsecs in Ardmore, New Zealand."Spitfire TB252"
''platinumfighters.'' Retrieved 28 January 2019.
The aircraft made its first post rebuild flight on 18 December 2020 as ZK-NLJ. * Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe ''SM969'' (N969SM). Built and delivered to the RAF before being delivered to the Indian Air Force with the tail number ''HS877''. It was brought back to the UK in 1978 with the restoration beginning in 2006. The aircraft became airworthy again in 2008 with the register G-BRAF. Later that year it was sent to the USA being registered N969SM. ;Static display * Spitfire F Mk.Ia ''P9306'' . On display at the Museum of Science and Industry in
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veteran that flew with
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. * Spitfire F Mk. Vb ''BL370''. Was built and delivered to the RAF before crashing in 1944. It was recovered in the 1980s and rebuilt for display at the National World War II Museum. * Spitfire F Mk.Vc ''MA863''. On display at the
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, near
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."Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc."
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It wears representative
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markings as HL-B, 31st Fighter Group, 308th Fighter Squadron. Ex Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ''A58-246'', it served with 54 Squadron (RAF) in early 1944 as the personal mount of Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs wearing the codes DL-A. Later served with 452 Squadron (RAAF) coded QY-F. * Spitfire HF Mk. VIIc ''EN474''. It was built in 1943 for the RAF but later allocated to the USAAF for evaluation. Was retired to the National Air and Space Museum in 1947 and put onto display in 1974, where it has been ever since. * Spitfire LF Mk.VIIIc ''MT719'' (N719MT). Airworthy with the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Dallas-Addison Airport, Texas. This aircraft served with No. 17 Squadron (RAF) in both India and Burma during 1944/1945. It was transferred to the Royal Indian Air Force at the end of 1947 and served as an instructional airframe. Today it wears the markings and codes worn during its 17 Squadron service as YB-J. * Spitfire LF Mk.IXc ''MK923'' (N521R). On display at the
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in
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following acquisition in 2000. This Spitfire was formerly owned by the late actor
Cliff Robertson Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned over six decades. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film '' PT 109'', and won the 19 ...
. From 1972 until 1994, it was flown by Jerry Billing, a Canadian Second World War Spitfire pilot, until he retired from flying Spitfires at age 75. Billing set a record for most Spitfire experience while flying this Spitfire (52 years)."Factsheets: Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX."
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.'' Retrieved: 21 April 2010.
During Robertson's ownership and Billing's pilot tenure with MK923, the aircraft was mainly based in
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, Canada. It wears the markings and codes it wore when serving with No. 126 Squadron at
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, Hertfordshire in mid to late 1944 as 5J-Z. * Spitfire PR Mk.XI ''PA908''. On display at the
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,
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, near
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."Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI."
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.'' Retrieved: 13 September 2015.
* Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe ''MT847''. On display at the
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in the USA.63932
''Aerial Visuals.'' Retrieved: 30 September 2019.
* Seafire FR Mk.47 ''VP441'' (N47SF). The final variant of the Spitfire family. Owned by Jim Smith and based at his private facility in Montana following restoration by Ezell Aviation."Supermarine Seafire Mk.47, N47SF / NX47SF / VP441 / 0-139, Privately owned."
''Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd,'' 2006. Retrieved: 30 August 2009.
;Restoration or stored * Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe ''TE476'' (N476TE). Owned by
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and under refurbishment at his
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facility, Polk City, Florida."Spitfire."
''Fantasy of Flight.'' Retrieved: 29 September 2011.
It wears the markings and colours GE-D to represent ''TB900'' the personal mount of Sqn Ldr Lallemand OC, 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF in 1945–1946. The original aircraft, ''TB900'', was a presentation Spitfire named "Winston Churchill" and the name is faithfully replicated on Port side of the fuselage just below the cockpit along with the tally of aircraft kills and tank victories. Merlin engine fired up again on 14 January 2015 after 17 years of inactivity."Fantasy of Flight Facebook page"
''Fantasy of Flight'' Retrieved: 16 January 2015.
* Seafire F Mk.XV ''PR503'' (N503PR). Like all Seafire Mk.XVs, this aircraft was built too late for the war but served in the Royal Navy and Canadian Navy post-war. It sat in outdoor storage for many years and passed through many hands before being sold to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum until 1993. At some point, it was acquired by Jim Cooper who restored it to airworthy condition in 2010, resplendent with its original Royal Navy colour scheme.
Retrieved 18 September 2020


Zimbabwe

;Static display *Spitfire F Mk.22 ''PK355''. On display at the Gweru Military Museum, Gweru, Zimbabwe since 1993. ''PK355'' was built at the Castle Bromwich factory, Birmingham and delivered to the Southern Rhodesian AF as ''SR.65'' on 28 March 1951, it transferred to the Royal Rhodesian AF as ''RRAF65'' in October 1954. After its active service ''PK355'' was initially displayed at the Bulawayo Museum from June 1955 to 1957, then went on to be displayed mounted on a plinth at Thornhill Air Base, Rhodesia between 1960 and 1981. Displayed between 1981 and 1990 at New Sarum Air Base in the Zimbabwe Air Force Museum before transferring to its current location.


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Bibliography

*Deere, Brendon. ''Spitfire:Return to Flight''. Palmerston North, New Zealand: ITL Aviation Limited, 2010. *Green, Peter. "Spitfire Against a Lightning." ''FlyPast,'' No. 315, October 2007. * *


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