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Dates |
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Event |
1940 |
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Constructed as a Spitfire I.
At Supermarine Aviation, Woolston, Southampton |
23 February 1940 |
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First flight.
From Eastleigh Airport, Southampton. |
March 1940 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n P9374. |
2 March 1940 |
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Transferred to 9 MU, RAF Cosford. |
6 March 1940 |
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Transferred to 92SQN, RAF Hornchurch. |
6 March 1940 |
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Markings Applied: J
Squadron codes - GR - not worn. |
24 May 1940 |
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Crashed.
Failed to return from Operations / Shot down and landed on beach at Calais, France - Total flying hours were approx 32. P/O Peter Cazenove survived and became a prisoner of war. |
September 1980 |
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Recovered.
Airframe recovered from beach at Calais, France, by Musee de lAir, Le Bourget. |
Circa 1996 |
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Airframe stored by Jean Frelaut, Vannes, France. |
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To Airframe Assemblies, Sandown, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, England.
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Circa 2000 |
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Parts used in restoration of Seafire Mk.III PP972 by Simon Marsh and Thomas Kaplan, Isle of Wight. |
Circa 16 November 2000 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for G-MKIA (SPITFIRE 1A, 6S-30565) issued. |
From 16 November 2000 to 3 March 2005 |
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To Simon Marsh, Castelcucco, Italy with new c/r G-MKIA.
Stored on Isle of Wight. |
From 3 March 2005 to 13 August 2008 |
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To Spitfire Partners Llc, Castelcucco, Italy keeping c/r G-MKIA. |
August 2007 |
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Based at Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
With Aircraft Restoration Company / Historic Flying Ltd Duxford.
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August 2007 |
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Restoration started.
With Historic Flying Ltd Duxford. Fuselage constructed at Airframe Assemblies, Isle of Wight. |
13 August 2008 |
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To Mark One Partners Llc, C/O Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Ltd, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands keeping c/r G-MKIA. |
Circa June 2011 |
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First engine runs, June 17, 2011.First taxy trials, July 21, 2011. |
9 September 2011 |
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First post-restoration Flight.
First post-restoration flight, with John Romain at the controls. |
Circa June 2013 |
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Placed up for sale. |
By 2014 |
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Markings Applied: J
The exact colours she wore when shot down on May 24, 1940. |
5 September 2014 |
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Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK. Eagle Squadron. |
13 September 2014 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
4 March 2016 |
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To Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford Airfield, Duxford, Cambridge keeping c/r G-MKIA. |
7 May 2017 |
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Civil registration, G-MKIA, cancelled.
Exported to United States. |
Circa 7 June 2017 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N92SQ (SPITFIRE 1A, 6S-30565) issued. |
7 June 2017 |
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To Ronald S. Lauder, New York, NY with new c/r N92SQ. |
16 June 2017 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX92SQ (SPITFIRE 1A, 6S-30565) issued. |
31 July 2017 |
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To Ellenville Llc, New York, NY keeping c/r N92SQ. |
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