Supermarine 535, VV119, Royal Air Force
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Registration: VV119
Construction Number: Unknown
Model Supermarine 535
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: RAF Coningsby (QCY / EGXC), UK - England
Photographer: brian g nichols
Date Taken: 1952
Date Submitted: 30/12/2010
First flew 27.3.50 as a type 528 and modified to change the tailwheel undercarriage to nosewheel configuration (ff as such 23.8.50) but still retained twin tailwheels as "bumpers" and subsequently became a type 535. Developed into the Swift F1. To No.1 SoTT Halton for G/I as 7285M 23/9/55, since scrapped. Flight footage used in the film "The Sound Barrier".
Picture ID:1268603