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    Airframe Family: Supermarine Spitfire
    Latest Model:Spitfire Ia
    Last Military Serial:X4590 RAF
    Construction Number:6S-081254
    Latest Owner or Location:RAF Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Spitfire Ia.

    22 September 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n X4590.

    8 October 1940

    Transferred to No 609 Squadron, Middle Wallop, Hants.
    Operated with markings: PR F

    21 October 1940

    While on patroling participated in a shared kill over Ju-88A-5 8116 9K+BH of 1/KG51.

    25 October 1940

    Involved in an incident.
    Damaged in a gear-up landing.

    28 November 1940

    Damaged when attacted by Bf-109s.

    24 February 1941

    Transferred to No 66 Squadron, Exeter, Devon.
    Operated with markings: LZ

    7 April 1941

    Transferred to No 57 OTU Hawarden, Chester.

    18 July 1941

    Transferred to No 303 (Polish) Squadron, Speke.

    24 July 1941

    Transferred to No 43 Group.
    Sent to No 43 as surplus.

    30 July 1941

    Transferred to Scottish Aviation Ltd.

    31 October 1941

    To No 37 MU Burtonwood, Cheshire.
    Sent for storage.

    14 February 1942

    To No 53 OTU, Llandow.

    16 February 1942

    Damaged.
    Damaged and repaired.

    8 August 1942

    To No 53 OTU, Llandow.

    9 March 1943

    Damaged.
    Damaged and repaired.

    19 April 1943

    Transferred to No 53 OTU, Llandow.

    From 9 May 1943 to 10 May 1943

    Transferred to No 53 OTU, Kirton-In-Lindsey, Lincs.

    4 October 1943

    Damaged and evaluated as Cat.B repaired.

    18 February 1944

    Awaiting collection.

    20 March 1944

    Transferred to No 33 MU, Milton.

    16 May 1944

    To No 82 MU Lichfield, Staff.

    28 August 1944

    To No 52 MU, Cardiff.
    Packed for storage for eventual museum use.

    By September 1954

    To RAF Air Historical Branch Collection, RAF Sanmore.

    Circa 1958

    To Air Historical Branch, RAF Fullbeck.

    By August 1959

    To No 71 MU Bicester.

    To RAF Cardiff.
    Displayed at Cardiff.

    From By 1960 to By 1972

    To RAF Bicester.
    Used as a travelling exhibit based at Bicester.

    Circa January 1972

    To RAF Museum, RAF Henlow.

    15 November 1972

    To Ministry of Defense.

    5 September 1973

    New serial number assigned: 8384M RAF

    September 1974

    Loaned to Station Museum, RAF Finningley, Yorkshire.

    From 1977 to By 1978

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
    Markings added: X4590, PR F
    View the Location Dossier

    November 1978

    To RAF Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    3 August 1998

    Formally donated to RAF Museum by the MoD.

    2010


    Photographer: Andy West

    11 December 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Spitfire 1A - is part of the Battle of Britain Aircraft Collection at the RAF Hendon Museum

    9 March 2019


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At the RAF Museum, Hendon, UK


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Wrecks and Relics

    Internet Sources
    Royal Air Force Museum
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society

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