Aircraft Photo of RW382 | Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF16E | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #530164
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:RW382
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF16E
C/n (msn):CBAF.IX4640
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Uxbridge
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:October 1973
Photo by:Ian Howat
Photo ID: 530164
Photo Comment

Gate guard at the now closed RAF Uxbridge. Used in the Battle of Britain movie in 1968. Subsequently sold off and returned to the air in July 1991 as G-XVIA. Then sold to the USA and registered as N382RW in 1995. Destroyed in 1998 when it flew into a canyon wall in cloud. Bits were then shipped back to the UK and rebuilt as a high back Mk IX with a RR Merlin instead of a Packard Merlin, rounded wingtips instead of clipped and a smaller rounded rudder. Now flying as G-PBIX in USAAF colours coded WZ-RR.

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