Spitfire MkVc JG891 (foreground) and Spitfire MkXVIIIe SM845 waiting for take-off at Shoreham Airshow, 2007.
Spitfire JG891, a MkVc, waiting for take-off as part of a mock 'Scramble' at Shoreham Airshow. JG891 was built at Castle Bromwich in 1942 and went into service with the Royal Australian Airforce in 1943. Restored from 1974, the aircraft has been painted in the colours to represent 249 Squadron RAF which was based in Malta in 1942/1943 and as flown by Flt Sqt Jack Hughes RCAF. A Volkes filter and four wing canons have been fitted to represent a machine operating in North Africa. Spitfire SM845, a MkXVIIIe, was built at Chattis Hill in 1945 and eventuall ended up serving in the Indian Airforce until the late 1950's. Used as a decoy at Kalaikunda airbase into the 1970's it was recoverd and taken for restoration to the USA. In the late 1980's it was returned to the UK in a partly restored state.
Size: 5262px × 3527px
Location: Shoreham Airshow Shoreham By Sea West Sussex England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain
Photo credit: © Malcolm McHugh / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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