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 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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