Aircraft Photo of G-FIRE | Supermarine 379 Spitfire FR14C | AirHistory.net #678274
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-FIRE
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 379 Spitfire FR14C
C/n (msn):6S/648206
Location
City / Airport:CranfieldMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGTC   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:PFA Rally 1983
 
Photo Date:2 July 1983
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 678274
Photo Comment

Built for the RAF as NH904 in 1945. To the Belgian Air Force as SG108 in 1951. Displayed on the roof of a scrapyard in Ostend from 1957. Returned to the UK in 1966. Registered as G-FIRE in 1979 and first flew at Elstree after restoration in 1981. Exported to the USA and reregistered as N8118J in 1989 then N114BP in 1991.

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