Supermarine Spitfire Mk LFXVIe, 7000M / CBAF.11493, Royal Air Force
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Registration: 7000M
Construction Number: CBAF.11493
Code Number: VZ477 / JF-O
Military Unit: RAF Wellesbourne Gate Guard.
Model Supermarine Spitfire Mk LFXVIe
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: RAF Gaydon, UK - England
Airshow: Gaydon - BoB Display - 1959
Photographer: Peter Clarke
Date Taken: 19/09/1959
Date Submitted: 05/07/2007
Ex TE392, spurious serial & squadron code; shown before conversion to high back configuration. Later sold to Doug Arnolds/ Warbirds of Great Britain and stored dismantled. Later sold the the USA as N97RW and restored to airworthy condition. Owned and flown by the Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, Texas. Damaged in a flood at the museum caused by Hurricane Ike (2008) but repaired and flying again (2016).
Picture ID:1061336