Supermarine Spitfires. Middle; The Fighter collections Mk LF Vb EP120/G-LFVB AEA. Believed to be the most credited Spitfire in e
Supermarine Spitfires. Middle; The Fighter collections Mk LF Vb EP120/G-LFVB AEA. Believed to be the most credited Spitfire in existence. Originally delivered to 501 squadron in 1942 where it got 7 kills. Left: Spitfire Mk IXB MH434/G-ASJV is original and has never been rebuilt. Served in France. Spitfire MH434 was built Castle Bromwich in August 1943 and was air tested by the famous record-breaking pilot Alex Henshaw. She was delivered to 222 Sqn (Squadron ) on August 19 the same year. She was flown in combat by South African pilot Flight Lieutenant Henry Lardner-Burke who scored seven and a half kills and three damaged with his Spitfire. On August 27, in the St. Omar area over France, Lardner-Burke shot down a Focke Wulf FW190 and damaged a second during a mission to escort USAAF B-17 bombers. On September 5, 1943 Lardner-Burke shot down another FW190 in the Nieuport area, and on the 8 September 1943 claimed a half share in the downing of a Messerschmitt Bf-109G in Northern France. She transferred to 350 (Belgian) Sqn at Hornchurch in 1944 then returning again to 222 Sqn, 84 Group Support Unit and 349 (Belgian) Sqn. After 79 operational sorties MH434 was retired in March 1945. Right: Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF16E G-OXVI/TD248/CR-S. A low back Mk XVI with Rolls Royce Packard Merlin Power 266. This Aircraft is one of a batch that formed the Air Ministry's seventeenth order for Spitfires placed with Vickers Armstrong [Castle Bromwich] Ltd on the 19th of April 1944. It was released to service on the 11th May 1945, and delivered to No 6 MU at Brize Norton on the 16th May where it was prepared for service with 695 Squadron, based at Bircham Newton in Norfolk with the codes 8Q-T. It is in the colour scheme of 74 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air Force May 1945. It is operated by Spitfires Ltd, and maintained by the Aircraft Restoration Company.
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