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Event |
1945 |
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Constructed as a Spitfire IXe. |
9 June 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n TE308. |
9 June 1945 |
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Transferred to No. 39 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire. |
September 1945 |
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Assigned to No. 39 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire for storage. |
19 July 1950 |
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To Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. |
1951 |
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Converted to a Spitfire Tr.IXc. |
30 July 1951 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Irish Air Corps with s/n 163.
Delivered to Baldonnel AB. |
September 1961 |
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Retired from operational use but retained as instructional airframe. |
1968 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Irish Air Corps. |
4 April 1968 |
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To Neville Anthony Wylie Samuelson/Spitfire Productions, London with new c/r G-AWGB. |
8 May 1968 |
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Ferry flight.
From Ireland to the U.K. |
27 May 1968 |
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Completed overhaul. |
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Leased to Hamish Mahaddie.
Used in the filming of the movie Battle of Britain. Flew with a camera in the front cockpit. |
Circa November 1968 |
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Stored at Samuelson Film Services hangar, Elstree, England. |
1 April 1970 |
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To Sir William J. D. Roberts, Shoreham, West Sussex keeping c/r G-AWGB. |
16 July 1970 |
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To Donald J. Plumb, Toronto, ON keeping c/r G-AWGB.
Business partner Jerry Billings assisted with logistics. |
From 11 September 1970 to 9 October 1970 |
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Transported by ship.
Moved from the United Kingdom to Toronto, Ontario. |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection
Notes: Shot in the 1970s. |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection
Notes: Shot in the 1970s. |
1972 |
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Converted to single cockpit. |
1972 |
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To Donald J. Plumb, Toronto, ON with new c/r C-FRAF. |
1975 |
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On Plumb killed in the crash of his P-51D. |
October 1976 |
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To Thomas Watson Jr., Owls Head, ME with new c/r N92477.
Purchased from Plumbs widow. |
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Based at Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head, ME.
Flew infrequently.
 View the Location Dossier |
7 October 1979 |
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To Woodson K. Woods of Scottsdale, AZ keeping c/r N92477. |
October 1979 |
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Ferry flight.
Ferried from Maine to Scottsdal by Jerry Billing. |
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Restored.
Restored back to 2-seat version. |
23 August 1983 |
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To William S. Greenwood, Aspen, CO with new c/r N308WK. |
By August 1984 |
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Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection |
August 1986 |
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Photographer: Nate Wilburn
Notes: Madera, California Gathering of the Warbirds |
Circa 30 May 1987 |
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Photographer: Nick Veronico Collection
Notes: Photographed at Merced, CA. |
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Based at Garfield County Regional, Rifle, CO.
View the Location Dossier |
30 July 1991 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Oshkosh, WI |
September 1991 |
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Photographer: Harry E. Chatfield
Notes: At Colorado Springs, CO |
September 1991 |
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Photographer: Harry E. Chatfield
Notes: At Colorado Springs, CO |
July 2007 |
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Photographer: David Miller
Notes: At 2007 AirVenture at Oshkosh |
15 July 2007 |
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Photographer: Jeff Hunt
Notes: Taken at Geneseo New York |
2008 |
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Damaged.
Ground collision with a Hurricane in Texas. Later restored. |
25 June 2018 |
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To William S. Greenwood, Aspen, CO keeping c/r N308WK. |
4 October 2019 |
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Civil registration, N308WK, cancelled.
Exported to United Kingdom. |
8 November 2019 |
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To Warbird Experiences, Biggin Hill, London with new c/r G-AWGB. |
23 April 2022 |
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Photographer: Fred Taylor
Notes: G-AWGB noted at Duxford, UK (EGSU) on 23 April 2022 marked as A58-606 Grey Nurse. |
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