Supermarine Spitfire Mk Tr.IX, G-TCHI / 6S/200618, Private
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Registration: G-TCHI
Construction Number: 6S/200618
Code Number: BS410 / PK-A
Model Supermarine Spitfire Mk Tr.IX
Operator: Private
Airport: Biggin Hill (BQH / EGKB), UK - England
Photographer: Ian Mantel
Date Taken: 23/05/2018
Date Submitted: 24/05/2018
Originally built 1942. When flown by "Gabby" Gabreski, a Polish pilot who became top scoring 8th Air Force fighter Ace in Europe with 28.5 victories in World War II, BS410 carried PK-E Was flown on May 13, 1943 by Piotr Kuryllowicz when he was shot down over Somme France. At the time it carried PK-A. In 2005 it was recovered.
Picture ID:1605636