Dates

Event

1944

Constructed as a Spitfire LF.IXe.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n PL344.

1 July 1944

Transferred to 8 MU, Little Rissington.

19 July 1944

Transferred to General Aircraft Ltd.

12 August 1944

Transferred to 602 Squadron.

28 September 1944

Transferred to 442 Squadron RCAF, Saint Croix-Sur-Mer, Normandy.

26 December 1944

Damaged.
Evaluated as Category B.

Repaired.

19 April 1945

Transferred to 401 Squadron.
Operated out of airbases in Germany.

16 September 1945

Transferred to 88 Group Headquarters.

Transferred to 129 Squadron.

5 May 1946

Crashed.
Wheels-up landing at Eindhoven.

Transferred to 151 Repair Unit, Wevelgem Airfield, Brussels.

10 December 1946

Damage evaluated as Category C.

10 December 1946

Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.

To Institute of Technology, Delft, Holland.

Over time the airframe was dismantled and components were dispersed.

From 1985 to By 1985

To Charles Church (Spitfires) Ltd, Andover.
Transferred to Mr. Church as a hulk. Rebuild planned.

From 18 May 1988 to 1992

To Charles Church (Spitfires) Ltd, Winchester with new c/r G-IXCC (SPITFIRE IX, PL344).

Restored at Micheldever.

11 March 1991

First post-restoration Flight.

From October 1992 to By 1992

To Kermit A. Weeks, Tamiami, FL.
Did not immediately leave the UK for Florida.

Based at Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
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7 December 1992

Leased to Personal Plane Services, Wycombe Air Park, Booker.
Sent to PPS for further improvements.

From By 1995 to By 1995

Markings Applied: Y2 P, PL344
Restored at Booker.

17 October 2000

First post-restoration Flight.

16 February 2001

Involved in an incident.
Slightly damaged when tipped on nose during a over-run landing at Wycombe Air Park, Booker.

2001

To Tom Blair, Bartow, FL.

April 2001

Crated for shipping at Booker.

June 2001

Transported by ship.
Moved to the USA.

By 2001

Reassembled.
Reassembled at Bartow, FL.

31 October 2001

Civil registration, G-IXCC, cancelled.

Circa 13 December 2001

Certificate of airworthiness for N644TB (SPITFIRE IX, PL344) issued.

13 December 2001

To Southern Aircraft Leasing Inc/Tom Blair, Bartow, FL with new c/r N644TB.

18 January 2002

Certificate of airworthiness for NX644TB (SPITFIRE IX, PL344) issued.

To Spitfire USA Ltd, Rockville, MD keeping c/r N644TB.

To Easton Newnam Field (ESN), Easton, MD.
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Markings Applied: TL B

By 2004

Markings Applied: TL B, PL344

From Unknown to 12 January 2007

Transported by ship.
Moved from Florida to Duxford, England for an overhaul and modifications.

12 January 2007

Contracted to ARCo, Duxford for work on the airframe.

24 October 2007

First flight.

21 November 2007

Civil registration, N644TB, cancelled.
Exported to United Kingdom.

15 January 2008

To Spitfire Ltd/Tom Blair, Saint. Helier, Jersey with new c/r G-IXCC (SPITFIRE IX, PL344).

13 July 2008

Photographer: Gordon Riley

1 November 2010

Civil registration, G-IXCC, cancelled.

12 November 2010

To Spitfire USA Ltd, Easton, MD with new c/r N644TB.

1 December 2010

Certificate of airworthiness for NX644TB (SPITFIRE IX, PL344) issued.

11 October 2019

Civil registration, N644TB, cancelled.
Exported to United Kingdom.

5 November 2019

To Aerial Speed Icons, Duxford, England with new c/r G-IXCC.

Circa 14 September 2021

Certificate of airworthiness for VH-IUK issued.

14 September 2021

To Aerial Speed Icons PTY Ltd, Albion Park Rail, NSW with new c/r VH-IUK.

14 September 2021

To Aerial Speed Icons Pty. Ltd, Albion Park Rail, NSW keeping c/r VH-IUK.

14 September 2021

To Aerial Speed Icons Pty. Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales keeping c/r VH-IUK.