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Supermarine Spitfire MK Vc AR501 G-AWII
Powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin 46 with a max speed of 446mph, she was built by Westland Aircraft at Yeovil as a Mark VC and issued in 1942 to 310 (Czech) Squadron based at Duxford. Her operational career involved escorting bombers of the USAAF, including the 'Memphis Belle' of the 91st Bomb Group. After the war, she became in instructional airframe at Loughborough, starred in the film 'Battle of Britain' and 'Peal Harbour' and became part of the Shuttleworth Collection.
More info:
https://warbirdaviation.co.uk/Profiles/supermarine-spitfire-mk-vc-ar501-the-shuttleworth-collection/
Spitfire PR.XI PL983 (G-PRXI)
Now she is a rarity, just one of two XI's of her kind in airworthy condition. PL983 first flew in October 1944 and her kind, the Mk. XI was designed for high altitude and long distance photographic operations, including the imagery for the dam raids for the famous Dambusters.
More info:
https://www.aircraftrestorationcompany.com/spitfire-pl983
Spitfire PR.19 PS853
The purring Rolls-Royce Griffon powered Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX, PS853 was bought by Rolls Royce Heritage Flight from the BBMF in 1996. The pilot is Mark "DISCO" Discombe, an ex BBMF pilot, flying this wonderful Spitfire. The PR.19 Spitfires were a reconnaissance aircraft, unarmed and using speed as for its defence. With a max speed of 446mph along with its pressurised cabin, it could operate at a ceiling of 42,000ft. PS853 was built in Southampton and delivered to the central Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at RAF Benson on January 13th 1945. Transferred to 16 squadron of 34 Wing and then 268 squadron before reforming back with 16 Squadron at Celle in September 18th 1945. Her next unit brought her back into the UK by March 1946 with 29 Maintenance Unit. With the importance of photo-mapping with Photographic Reconnaissance, she was modified and converted for the role and joined Short Brothers Meteorological Research Flight in July 1950 until 9th June 1957. PS853 joined the BBMF (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) on the 14th June 1957 and 1964 until she was sold in 1996 to the Rolls Royce Heritage Flight.
CURTIS P-36 (HAWK 75A)
The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, is an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary of the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was one of the first of a new generation of combat aircraft—a sleek monoplane design with a retractable undercarriage making extensive use of metal in its construction. This example X881 is in the French Air Force livery.
P-51D Mustang 44-72216 G-BIXL "Miss Helen"
This beauty had some interesting history to get to her restoration retreat. Built in 1944 by North American at Inglewood, in California, delivered to the USAAF at Edwards AFB found herself in Liverpool, England in 1945. On the 9th April 1945, she arrived at RAF Bodney, Norfolk and assigned to the 487th Fighter Squadron of the 352d Fighter Group, one of the most famous Fighter Groups of the mighty 8th Air Force. She was assigned to an already legendary ace, Captain Ray Littge, who had 10.5 aerial and ground victories to his name, including multiple aerial victories of Bf109s, Fw190s and the innovative jet aircraft of this era, the Messerschmitt Me262. Littge named his Mustang "Miss Helen", after his fiancé Helen Fischer. After his tour, Captain Ray Littge’s returned to the United States with a total of 23.5air and ground victories, making him the 352nd Fighter Group’s third highest scoring ace of the war.
More info:
https://www.aerialcollective.co.uk/p-51d-miss-helen-history/
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