List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires
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The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War and on into the 1950s as a front line fighter and in secondary roles. It was produced in greater numbers than any other Allied fighter design and was the only Allied fighter in production throughout the war.
Many developing countries purchased Spitfires as the industrial countries phased out propeller powered aircraft in favour of the new jet engines.[1] As these nations too started to update their air squadrons Spitfires and other Second World War vintage aircraft were sold to the public or for scrap. In Hong Kong the Spitfires that remained there on active duty with the UK colonial wings were bulldozed into the sea when the runway was lengthened by reclaiming land from the water.[2]
Soon the private collectors began to band together in a group of like minded individuals that became known as the Warbird Movement. Warbird companies began to spring up as hobbies and for profit companies that focused on preserving vintage aircraft. Warbird companies are often bankrolled by the film industries need for authentic craft in Second World War movies.[3] One of these aircraft, Spitfire Mk IX, MH434, is probably the most famous Spitfire survivor with many film credits to its name.[4] MH434 not only had a lengthy Second World War record with the RAF but saw service in the Royal Netherlands Air Force (1947) and Belgian Air Force. She was brought back to the UK in 1956 by private owners and has since starred in a number of films including The Longest Day (1962), The Battle of Britain (1969) and A Bridge Too Far (1977).
Some 22,500 Spitfires and Seafires were built between 1938 and 1946 and almost 300 of them survive in museums and private collections around the world today. Approximately 50 Spitfires and Seafires are airworthy with another 20 currently undergoing restoration to flying condition.
Australia
- Airworthy
The Temora Aviation Museum in Temora, New South Wales, Australia, has two airworthy Spitfires flown regularly during the museum's flying weekends:[5]
- A58-758/MV239 (VH-HET) is in the colours and markings of an L.F Mk VIII flown by Wg Cdr Bobby Gibbes of 80 Wing RAAF, Morotai, 1945.[6]
- TB863 (VH-XVI) is a Mk XVI in the colours and markings of 453 Squadron RAAF, UK 1945.[7]</ref> This aircraft was resident for many years with the Alpine Fighter Collection at Wanaka, New Zealand, to 2006.
- Static display
- Mark 22, PK481 - at The Aviation Heritage Museum of WA, Bull Creek, Western Australia.
- Spitfire IIa P7973. This Spitfire was flown by several Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadrons in 1941. Assigned to No. 452 Sq. (RAAF) (RAF Kenley and RAF Hornchurch) (Markings: R-H) flying 24 operations. In July 1945 it was shipped to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for display. One of the few Spitfires still in its original paint, it has been displayed in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra since 1950; it has not been repainted since the Second World War.[8]
- Mark Vc (A58-146) EE853 - at The South Australian Aviation Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia. This aircraft was manufactured in 1942 by Westlands in the UK. It was shipped to Australia and became part of RAAF 79 Squadron at Milne Bay. On the 28 August 1943 it crashed on Kiriwina Island and was transported back to Goodenough Island. In 1971 Langdon Badger found the aircraft and in 1973 he had it shipped to Adelaide. After four years of restoration at Parafield Airport, Langdon displayed the Spitfire at his Adelaide home. In August 2001 the aircraft was put on display in the Museum.[9]
- Static display and unrestored
- A58-408 (Previously JG484) was with a private owner in Queensland.
- A58-445 (Previously MD228). Wreckage owned by Bob Eastgate, Victoria.
- A58-377 (Previously JG267). Wreckage was recovered by the Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory for the Darwin Aviation Museum.
Belgium
- Non-airworthy
There are three surviving Belgian AF spitfires in two museums in Belgium.
- Spitfire LF.IX SM-15 / MJ783. This Merlin powered aircraft is one of the two in the collection of the Brussels Army Museum. It's painted to look like 'MJ360/GE-B' (RAF No.349 (Belgian) Sqn) but actually this was MJ783 when serving with the RAF.
- Spitfire LF.XIVe SG-55 / MV246. The other Brussels Spit. This time a Griffon powered example with bubble canopy and clipped wings (LF). wearing GE-R codes.
- Spitfire FR.XIVe SG-57 / RM921. A recce spitfire displayed at the Spitfire museum, situated on the airbase of Florennes. Although on military domain, it's open to the public. It's the centrepiece of the museum and is shown with "RL-D" codes. This aircraft was preserved as a gate guard after its service life, c. 1956. After some 30 years, it was removed and restored to be displayed in the museum.
Brazil
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire HF.IXe MA793. This aircraft was produced at Castle Bromwich and was delivered to 6 MU RAF on 21 July 1943. It was shipped to the Mediterranean on 5 August 1943 and was operated by the Mediterranean Allied AF till it was transferred to the USAAF on 31 October 1943. It was returned to the RAF in May 1944 and stored with 39 MU in the UK till it was sold to the South African AF on 30 September 1948, serialled 5601. It was airworthy when it was delivered to "Museu Asas de um Sonho" (Wings of a Dream Museum), located in São Carlos, Brazil, where it is on display today. The plane made only one flight in Brazil, in a museum's ceremony, before 2001. Since then, it never flew again. The aircraft was donated to the museum by Rolls-Royce and painted in the colours and markings of RAF ace Johnnie Johnson.[10]
Canada
- Airworthy
- Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe SL721 (C-GVZB). One of the newest Spitfires to fly in Canada is owned by Michael Potter. Refinished in the markings of No. 421 Squadron RCAF and is now registered in Gatineau, Quebec as part of the Vintage Wings of Canada Collection.[11]
- Non-airworthy
Czech Republic
- Non-airworthy
Denmark
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire HF Mk.IXe MA298. After the German occupation, the Royal Danish Air Force aqired 38 Spitfire HF Mk.IXe and 3 PR Mk.XI. The Spitfires were phased out and replaced by jets between 1951-1955. Short of two, all were scrapped. For a number of years, one was placed in a children's playground. The last survivor is exhibited at Danmarks Flymuseum, Stauning Airport.[14]
Greece
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire LF Mk.IXc MJ755. This particular Spitfire was built at the Castle Bromwich factory and was delivered No. 43 Squadron RAF in August 1944, which at the time was covering the operations in Southern France. In 1947 it was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Air Force and later retired to The Hellenic Air Force Museum.[15]
Israel
Three Spitfires are preserved and on display in the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim.[16]
Airworthy
- Spitfire LF Mk.IXe TE554, the Black Spitfire, former Israeli Air Force 20-57. The personal mount of former Israeli Air Force Chief of Staff and president Ezer Weizman, it is used for ceremonial flying displays.[17]
Non-airworthy
- Spitfire LF Mk.IXe SL653, former Israeli Air Force 20-28.
- Spitfire F Mk.IXe EN145, former Israeli Air Force 20-78.
Italy
- Non-airworthy
Malta
- Non-airworthy
On display at the Malta Aviation Museum, Hal Far, Malta, the Spitfire F Mk.IXe EN199, was first flown at Eastleigh on 28 November 1942. The aircraft was restored by Mr. Ray Polidano, the Museum's Director, in 1992. The aircraft is named Mary Rose in honour of Ray Polidano's wife and carries the code R-B in memory of the highest ranking officer who flew in her - Wing Commander Ronald Berry D.F.C.[19]
New Zealand
- Airworthy
- Spitfire TR.IX MH367 arrived in New Zealand on 11 September 2008 (registered as ZK-WDQ) under the ownership of noted aerobatic pilot Doug Brooker and is painted in RAF desert colours with the markings of FL-A, a Mk IX flown by the New Zealand Squadron Leader Colin Gray, C/O of 81 Squadron when based in Tunisia in mid-1943.[20] On 15 January 2009, during a transit flight from Auckland, the Spitfire suffered a heavy forced landing on Hood Aerodrome, near Masterton. The propeller, undercarriage and some fuel lines were damaged but the aircraft was repaired.[21] A second landing accident at Ardmore Airport on 2 December 2009 resulted in damage to the undercarriage and propeller. It is believed that a sudden change in wind direction caused MH367 to run off the end of the runway.[22] On 12 June 2011 the aircraft suffered another landing accident, this time tipping onto its nose after landing at Ardmore, damaging the propeller[23]
- Spitfire LF Mk.IXc PV270. Owned by businessman Brendon Deere and restored to an airworthy condition over five years at Feilding, New Zealand, and flew again on 18 March 2009.[24] The aircraft is based in a purpose-built hangar at RNZAF Base Ohakea along with Mr Deere's North American Harvard.[25] Served with the British RAF during WW2, Aeronautica Militaire (Italy), Heyl HaAvir (Israel), and Tatmadaw Lei (Burma/Myanmar). It wears the markings of EN568/AL, the personal aircraft of Deere's uncle Air Commodore Alan "Al" Deere when based at Biggin Hill in 1944.
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe TE456. Taken on charge by the RAF on 8 August 1945, the aircraft initially went into storage at 6 MU at Brize Norton. It was issued to 501 RAuxAF Squadron at Filton in March 1946 (coded RAB-J), and then to 612 RAuxAF Squadron at Dyce in May 1949 (coded 8W-?). In August 1955 it was used in the film Reach for the Sky. It has been on static display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand, since 1956 when New Zealander Sir Keith Park, commander of No 11 Fighter Group, arranged for it to be donated.[26] During the mid-1990s the aircraft was restored by Aircraft Component Engineering to its original 501 Sqn colours.
- Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe TE288. Taken on charge by the RAF on 1 June 1945, the aircraft served with 61 OTU , 501 RAuxAF Squadron (coded RAB-D), and 102 and 103 Fighter Refresher Schools, until placed into storage in 1951. Also used as a prop in "Reach for the Sky", it then spent time as a gate guard at RAF Rufforth, Church Fenton and finally Dishforth, before it was sold in 1963 to Canterbury Brevet Club, Christchurch, New Zealand. For many years it was mounted on a pole near the entrance to Christchurch International Airport. In 1984 TE288 was donated to the RNZAF Museum, and was restored by RNZAF staff at RNZAF Woodbourne. It is displayed at Wigram, without serial number, as OU-V of 485 Squadron.[27] Several fibreglass copies of this aircraft were made during its restoration and are on public display around New Zealand and Australia.
- Under restoration/stored
- Spitfire F.IX BR601 is stored pending restoration with AvSpecs for an anonymous US-based owner.
- Spitfire FR Mk.XIV NH799 (ZK-XIV) was restored to fly by Historic Flying Limited at Audley End (UK) and flew on 21 January 1994 (as G-BUZU and markings of AP-V). It was then based with the Alpine Fighter Collection at Wanaka until it crashed on take-off on 2 January 1996 which seriously injured pilot/owner Sir Tim Wallis. The aircraft was sold to the Chariots of Fire Fighter Collection at Omaka in 2010, and is undergoing restoration to fly by AvSpecs Limited at Ardmore Airport, Auckland.[28]
- Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe TB252 (N725TB) is stored pending further restoration with AvSpecs Limited at Ardmore Airport, Auckland, for owner Tony Banta.
Past Spitfires based/restored in New Zealand have been the airworthy Mk.XVI TB863/FU-P (ZK-XVI/G-CDAN) of the Alpine Fighter Collection, Mk.Vb BL628/YO-D (NX628BL) restored by AvSpecs for Rod Lewis, Tom Blair's Mk.Vc JG891/T-B (G-LFVC/ZK-MKV) and Mk.XVI TE330/HT-B partly restored by the Subritzky family of North Shore and since sold to China via auction.[29]
Norway
- Non-airworthy
Poland
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe SM411. Assigned to RCAF 421 Sqd in 1944. Currently painted in the marking of No.308 Sqd (Krakowski) is on display in the Polish Aviation Museum.[31]
Portugal
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire HF Mk.IXc ML255 was delivered to the South African Air Force in 1948. After being damaged in a collision at AFB Ysterplaat, is sat derelict in Snake Valley, Pretoria until it was restored to static display for the SAAF Museum. It was later transferred to the Museu do Ar in Portugal.[32]
Serbia
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire F Mk.Vc JK448 (True RAF serial is actually MH592) was originally assigned in 1944 to No. 352 Squadron RAF (manned by Yugoslavs) as JK448/W Crvena Armija, then Yugoslav AF 9489. The aircraft was first displayed with the registration 9486, but it is now on display as JK808/B at the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade.[33]
South Africa
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire F Mk.VIII JF294. South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg[34]
- Spitfire Mk.IX TE213. South African Air Force Museum, AFB Swartkop - Damaged after forced landing on 15 April 2000 and awaiting restoration to airworthy condition[35]
Sweden
- Airworthy
- Spitfire Mk XVI RW386. Owned by Biltema
- Status unclear
- Spitfire FR Mk XVIII SM845. Owned by Biltema. Was airworthy until involved in a fatal incident August 2010. Rumoured to be awaiting rebuild to airworthy.
- Non Airworthy
- Spitfire PR.XIX F11-51 (RAF serial PM627) Flygvapen museum, Linköping. Ex. Indian Air Force machine.
Thailand
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire Mk XIV SM914 KH14-1/93 (cn 6S/585092). Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Bangkok, Thailand[36]
- Spitfire PR Mk XIX PS836. (Not on public display)
- Spitfire PR Mk XIX PM630. (Not on public display)
United Kingdom
- Airworthy
- The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire maintains and operates five Spitfires for flying, display and ceremonial purposes.
- Mk IIa P7350 is the only surviving Spitfire from the Battle of Britain still flying and is believed to be the 14th aircraft of the 11,989 built at Castle Bromwich. The aircraft entered service in August 1940 and during the battle served with 266 and 603 Squadrons.[37]
- Mk Vb AB910 was built at Castle Bromwich in 1941 and has a front line operational career spanning almost four years.[38]
- LF Mk IXe MK356 was built at Castle Bromwich and delivered to RAF Digby in 1944.[39]
- PR Mk XIX PM631 was built as a high altitude reconnaissance aircraft in November 1945.[40]
- PR Mk XIX PS915 entered service too late for the war, joining 541 Squadron at RAF Benson in June 1945.[41][42]
- Spitfire Mk I P9374 (registered G-MKIA) has been restored to airworthy condition and made its first post-restoration flight at Duxford on 1 September 2011.[43]
- Spitfire Mk Ia AR213 was acquired by Group Captain Allen H. Wheeler on 25 October 1946 and registered as G-AIST. In 1968 it flew in the film Battle of Britain. In April 1989 it was acquired by Sheringham Aviation.[44] In 2002 it underwent another restoration, repainted with 57 OTU colours, and coded "JZ-E".[45]
- Spitfire LF.Vc AR501 (registered G-AWII) normally maintained in an airworthy condition with the Shuttleworth Collection and currently undergoing major restoration , AR501 was built by Westland Aircraft at Yeovil and was flown by No. 310 (Czech) Squadron at RAF Duxford in 1942, where it escorted USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers. Joining the Shuttleworth Collection in 1961 it was repainted to feature in the 1969 film The Battle of Britain.[46]
- Spitfire LF.IXb MH434 (registered G-ASJV) is owned and flown by The Old Flying Machine Company. Built at Castle Bromwich, MH434 shot down an Fw 190 in 1943 while serving on 222 Squadron. From the 1980s this Spitfire was usually flown by Ray Hanna, ex-Red Arrows leader and display pilot up until his death in late 2005.[47] The aircraft has featured at European air shows and has been in many other TV and films including Operation Crossbow, The Longest day and The Battle of Britain.[47]
- Spitfire IXT ML407 (registered G-LFIX) is owned by Carolyn Grace and based at Duxford, it was converted into a two-seat trainer for the Irish Air Corps in the 1950s.[48]
- Spitfire FR.XIVe MV293 (registered G-SPIT). Owned by The Fighter Collection at Duxford is marked as MV268, JE-J, flown by Wing Commander Johnnie Johnson OC 127 Wing, Germany May 1945. There are regularly more than a dozen Spitfires on site at Duxford. Whilst some of these are under restoration in a private hangar, other flying and static examples can be seen in Hangars 1 to 5.
- Spitfire PR.XIX PS853 (registered G-RRGN). Located at Filton Airfield near Bristol. The aircraft is owned and operated by Rolls-Royce plc. PS853 was one of 79 Mk XIXs built at Supermarine, Southampton. On 13 January 1945, it was delivered to the Central Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at RAF Benson before being transferred, less than two months later, to the 2nd TAF's 34 Wing and 16 Squadron RAF at Melbroek, and later Eindhoven, in Holland. With the code "C" it flew some nine operations against Germany V-weapons sites. In September 1945, PS853 was transferred to 268 Squadron RAF and with the end of the war returned to the UK and 29 MU at High Ercall. On 14 July 1957, PS853 was one of the founding aircraft of the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Flight (now Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) at RAF Biggin Hill. The aircraft was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in the mid 1990s.
- Spitfire LF.IX SM520 (registered G-ILDA) has been restored to airworthy condition and auctioned off to Steve Brooks, the first person to fly pole-to-pole by helicopter in 2005.[49]
- Spitfire LF.IX TA805 (registered G-PMNF) flies from the former RAF station at Biggin Hill. After the war it was used by the South African Air Force, recovered from a scrap yard, and returned to England in the early 1990s. It wears 234 Squadron markings with coding FX-M.[50]
- Spitfire LF Mk.IXc MK912 (registered G-BRRA) Built in 1944, this Spitfire flew for the RAF in the Second World War, and after for various air forces, until being damaged in 1953. Passing through various collections, it was restored between 1992 and 2000, flying again for the first time on 8 September 2000. Previously owned and flown by Ed Russell in Niagara Falls, Ontario, MK912 was sold in 2011 to Peter Roy Monk of the United Kingdom.[51]
- Non-airworthy
- Spitfire I K9942 is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum, RAF Cosford in 72 Squadron markings.[52]
- Spitfire Ia P9444 is on display at the Science Museum London in 72 Squadron markings.[53]
- Spitfire I R6915 is on display at the Imperial War Museum, London.[53]
- Spitfire I X4590 is on display as part the Battle of Britain Experience at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, in 609 Squadron markings.[54]
- Spitfire Vb BL614 is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, in 222 Squadron markings.[54]
- Spitfire XIV MT847 is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.[55]
- Spitfire LF.XVIe RW388. Located at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Hanley, Stoke on Trent. It was formally presented to the City of Stoke-on-Trent in 1972 and was built by the contractor Vickers Armstrong, in Castle Bromwich. It is fitted with a Merlin 266 (Packard) engine.[56]
- Spitfire F.21 LA198 Built in 21 September 1944 at South Marston. Assigned to No 1 Sqn (RAF Manston). On 12 May 1947, allocated to 602 Sqn (City of Glasgow) Royal Auxiliary Air Force. Used in the Battle of Britain film. Aircraft is on display since July 2006 at the reopening of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow[57]
- Spitfire F24 PK683 is on display at Solent Sky in Southampton.[58]
- Spitfire F24 PK724 is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon.[59]
- Seafire F17 SX137 is on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.[60]
- Spitfire XVI TB752 is on display at the Hurricane and Spitfire Memorial Museum at the former RAF Manston in 403 Squadron markings.[61]
- Spitfire XVI TE462 is on display at the National Museum of Flight, Scotland.[62]
- Spitfire F24 VN485' is a former Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force aircraft on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.[63]
- Spitfire Mk IX ML427 is on display at Thinktank, Birmingham[64]
- Spifire XII EN224 G-FXII is under restoration to airworthy condition at Bentwaters, Suffolk. Completion scheduled for June 2012.[65]
United States
- Airworthy
- Kermit Weeks exhibits his restored LF Mk XVIe TE476 at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.[66]
- Rudy Frasca owns and flies a Mk XVIII TP280 from Frasca Field in Urbana, Illinois.[67]
- Spitfire HF Mk IXe MJ730 (N730MJ) is at The Fighter Factory in Suffolk, Virginia. In April 1944 MJ730 was assigned to No. 417 Squadron RCAF, then operating in Italy. MJ730 flew 95 missions as escort for American bombers over northern Italy. In June 1946, it was transferred to the Italian Air Force (IAF). In 1947, MJ730 was used in the film Thunderbolt!, directed by William Wyler. In 1951 it was sold to the IAF, but wound up in an Israeli playground. In the 1970s, a collector took it back to Britain for restoration. FedEx founder Fred Smith bought it in 1986.[68][69][70]
- Spitfire F. Mk XIVe NH749 is owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, based at Camarillo airport, Southern California. Built in late 1944 NH749 was shipped to India in July 1945 to serve with the RAF's South East Asia Command (SEAC) squadrons. Rendered surplus to requirements by the Japanese surrender in August 1945 NH749 was placed in storage and sold to the Indian Air Force in late 1947. In 1978 NH749 was found and sent to England by the Hayden-Bailey brothers. After restoration to flying condition NH749 was sold to Keith Wickenden and was given the civil registration G-MXIV. NH749 was later sold to David Price's Museum of Flying in the United States and was operated from 1985 to 2005 when it was again sold, this time to the CAF.[71]
- Spitfire XVI TE392 (Civil registration N97RW) served as a gate guard with different RAF bases from 1952 to 1984. In 1996 the Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) in Galveston, Texas restored it to flying condition. The LSFM repainted it in its Second World War colors in commemoration of Texan Lance C. Wade, a volunteer who flew with the RAF from 1940 to 1944 and became an ace. Its first flight after restoration was 24 December 1999.[72]
- Comanche Fighters LLC, in Texas, maintains three Spitfires in flying condition: Spitfire MkVc "JG891", Spitfire LF Mk IXe ML417[73] and Spitfire Mk XIV SM832 NX54SF.
- Seafire FR.47 VP441 (N47SF), represent the final variant of the Spitfire family and is kept airworthy among Jim Smith's collection after being restored by Ezell Aviation.[74]
- Non-airworthy
- The National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio has two Spitfire variants on display: a Mk Vc MA863[75] and a photo reconnaissance variant, PR Mk XI PA908.[76]
- The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. has the sole-surviving Spitfire HF Mk VII EN474 on display in their World War II gallery.
- The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington has two static Spitfire Mk IXs. MJ772 is currently on loan to the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[77] This machine was subsequently sold and is now in Germany under restoration to airworthiness at Meier-Motors, in Bremgarten.
- A second Spitfire Mk IX, MK923, was acquired in 2000 and is currently on display at the museum.[78] This Spitfire was formerly owned by the late actor Cliff Robertson. From 1972 until 1994, it was flown by Jerry Billing, a Canadian Second World War Spitfire pilot, until he retired from flying Spitfires at age 75.[78] Billing set a record for most Spitfire experience while flying this Spitfire (52 1/2 years).[78] During Robertson's ownership and Billing's pilot tenure with MK923, the aircraft was mainly based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
- Spitfire Mk Ia P9306 is at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago; it is a Battle of Britain veteran that flew with No. 74 Squadron RAF.[79]
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