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Old 10/07/08, 10:42 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: Spitfire restored

Arthur,
"Delivered to 9MU on June 15 1945, she was stored until 1946. Allocated briefly to 126, 65, 164, 63, 595, and 695 Squadrons, she was reduced to instructional status in September 1952. 1967 found her on a pylon outside RAF Kemble. She moved in 1970, but only to another pylon at RAF Hereford. Acquired by Doug Arnold and moved to store in 1984, she was restored to the air & converted to high-back by Harry Stenger in Bartow, Florida, and is now in the hands of her new owners, the Lone Star Museum in Galveston, Texas. (07/07) "


You were correct about the conversion (I suspect a whole fuselage swap, actually).
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