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Spitfire Mk IV B

Reginald Joseph Mitchell , designer of the Supermarine Spitfire,
was born in Talke Village near Stoke on Trent on 20 May 1895.

Leaving school in 1911 aged 16 he joined the locomotive engineering company, Kerr Stewart & Co of Stoke as an apprentice and upon completion of his apprenticeship he began working in the drawing office.

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The first "unofficial" Spitfire was a total failure.
The name Spitfire was also "unofficial" at that stage, Mitchell preferring the name "Shrew"

Despite Reginald Mitchell's tremendous skills it was originally designed to meet the Air Ministry's demands for a new generation of fighter aircraft to replace the ageing existing aircraft designed around the twin gun, open cockpit biplane, the specifications being issued by the Air Ministry in 1931 and annotated F7/30.

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Source and credit pictures: supermarine-spitfire.co.uk

Location of the factory : post by Nevgk

LINKS,

Wikipedia, Spitfire

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

spitfiresociety

Fantastic 1/5 scale model of the Mk I

British Aircraft Directory

Pictures from the web :

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Spitfire AB910 (Mk Vb).

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Dutch Spitfire with F 16 fithers.

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Spitfire at Air Show

Spitfire MH 434

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Sydney Camm , one of Britain's most distinguished aircraft designers, was born in 1893. From his schooldays he had shown a keen interest in aviation, founding the Windsor Model Aeroplane Club and constructing many successful model aircraft. As a child he lived at No. 10 Alma Road, with his siblings one of whom was Fred Camm who was to become editor of the famous 'Practical...' series of magazines. Sydney Camm was a pupil at The Royal Free School, Bachelors Acre, leaving at the age of 14 in 1908.

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LINKS,

Sir Sydney Camm (1893-1966)

aviation-history Hurricane.

British Aircraft Directory

Aircraft of the RAF

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attached the Spitfires and Hurricanes visible on Google Earth.
I used the original posted placemarks in the file, in the placemark you will find a picture of the plane,
and a web link about the location,( the airfield or museum).

Added sub folder, "Spitfires and Hurricanes in Museum`s"
In this list also private owned Spitfires or Hurricanes.
In the Placemark a picture of the plane, and a link to the Museum, or Web Page of the Owner.

Many thanks to carmedic for making the list below,, searching the webpages and pictures, and the locations of the museums.

L1592 - Science Museum , South Kensington - Display
~Hurricane I – L1592 "KW-Z" - in 615 Sqn. Colours at the Science Museum, South Kensington, London
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I. L.1592. This particular machine fought over Dunkirk and in the Battle of Britain.
Two Photos www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

P2617 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display
Hurricane Ia – P2617 "AF-F" at Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, near London. In 607 Sqn. colours.
Photo www.rafmuseum.org.uk

Hurricane I – R4118 UP-W (airworthy) - construction serial G592301 - registered G-HUPW
Returned by owners Peter & Polly Vacher to the UK for renovation to flying condition at Hawker Restorations Ltd from Benares Hindu University, India. First flight after restoration was on 23rd December 2004 at Teversham, Cambridge Airport.
Photo www.hawker-restorations-ltd.co.uk

Hurricane II: Z2315 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display
Hurricane IIb - Z2315 "JU-E" at the Imperial War Museum Collection, Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire .
Photo www.duxford.iwm.org.uk

Z2389 - Brooklands Museum , Brooklands - Restoration
Hurricane IIa – Z2389 is being restored to non-flying condition at Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, having been built and test flown at Brooklands. The aircraft was delivered to the RAF in late 1940. After service with five different Squadrons it was crated and shipped to Russia in April 1942. While serving with the Red Air Force, the Hurricane was shot down over Siberia during a dogfight with two Messerschmitt Me 109Fs and five Me110s. It crash landed on rocky ground in a remote area. The virtually complete but damaged aircraft was taken from Siberia where it was recovered in Summer 1996 to St Petersburg and has now been purchased (for $130,000) for restoration and display
Photo www.brooklandsmuseum.com

Serial #: Z2389
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
None
Model(s):
Mk. IIa
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2002

History:
Delivered to Soviet AF as Z2389.
- Arrived crated, Ex-RAF, Apr. 1942.
- Shot down, near Murmansk, Russian, June 1942.
Wreckage recovered from crash site, Murmansk, 1996.
- Trucked overland to England, 1996.
Brooklands Museum, Brooklands, Nov. 1997-2002.
- Restoration to taxy condition.

BN230 - Hurricane and Spitfire Memorial Museum , Manston Airport - Display
Two Photos www.britishaircraft.co.uk/museumpage.php?ID=113

LF363 - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight , Coningsby Airfield - Airworthy
Hurricane IIb – (LF363) - "P3878" "YB-W", (airworthy) – at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby, Lincoln.
6/6/2004 When using the markings LF363 “US-C” - at the D-Day 60th. Anniversary air show at Duxford airfield the plane landed and was taxiing along the airfield when its right wheel collapsed.
Previously restored by Historic Flying Limited, Audley End Aerodrome (1994 -1998).
Previous civil registration G-BWHA.
Photo www.bbmf.co.uk

PZ865 - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight , Coningsby Airfield - Airworthy
Hurricane IIc – PZ865 (G-AMAU) - (airworthy) – Battle of Britain Memorial Flight , RAF Coningsby, Lincoln.
Photo www.bbmf.co.uk

LF738 - Royal Air Force Museum , Cosford Airfield - Display
Hurricane IIc – LF738 "UH-A" - Aerospace Museum , Cosford Airfield, Shropshire. Built in 1944 in the final batch of 1,357 aircraft. Using a Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine and an all metal four 20mm. cannon wing. In 1954 it was the gate guardian at the Battle of Britain Chapel, Biggin Hill. Refurbished in 1969 at St Athan. Refurbished in 1974 at Bicester. Completely restored 1984-1990 by the Royal Aeronautical Society, Medway. Arrived at Cosford in 1995.
Photo www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford

Hurricane IV :P3395 - Millenium Point Discovery Centre , Birmingham - Display
Hurricane IV – P3395 "JX-B" (actually KX829) – Thinktank, the Birmingham Museum of Science and Discovery , Millennium Point Discovery Centre, Birmingham
Two Photos www.thinktank.ac

Hurricane XII :
Z5140 - Aircraft Restoration Company , Duxford Aerodrome - Airworthy
www.arc-duxford.co.uk

Hurricane XIIb – "Z7381" "XR-T" G-HURI – (airworthy) Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo), Duxford Aerodrome on behalf of the Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd. In the colours of 71 Eagle Sqn.
Jan 2004 - Being re-skinned with a new colour scheme.
The aircraft was built in 1942 in Canada by the Canadian Car and Foundry Company as part of their sixth production batch and in 1943 became Royal Canadian Air Force 5711. Retired from the RCAF in 1947, it was purchased by a group in Saskatchewan, Canada. It was later purchased by the Fighter Collection, restoration by Paul Mercer started in 1985 and flew again in 1989. Acquired in 2002 by the Historic Aircraft Collection. .
Photo www.historicaircraftcollection.ltd.uk

Hurricane XII – (airworthy) actually RCAF 5589 currently displayed in nightfighter colours of 87 Sqn. as "LK-A" by owner Rob Fleming at the Real Aeroplane Museum , Breighton Aerodrome, near Selby, East Yorkshire. (Was previously at Autokraft Ltd, Brooklands displayed as "BE417"- "AE-K" of 402 Squadron – ( G-HURR?)
17th October 2004 - "LK-A" stared in the ITV television police drama series HEARTBEAT.
Photo www.realaero.com

Sea Hurricane I: Z7015 - Shuttleworth Collection , Old Warden Aerodrome - Airworthy
Sea Hurricane Ib- Z7015 G-BKTH – (airworthy) at the Shuttleworth Collection , Old Warden Aerodrome, Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. The aircraft was originally built in Canada by the Canadian Car and Foundry Company in 1940/1941 as a Mk I and delivered to England. In June 1941 it was converted into a Sea Hurricane Ib. On 16th September 1995 the restored plane had its second "first flight" returning to airworthy condition after more than 50 years on the ground
Photo www.shuttleworth.org

Replicas :

L1679 - Tangmere Military Aviation Museum , Tangmere - Display

Hurricane – (full size model BAPC241 ) "L1679" "JX-G" – in 1 Sqn. colours at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum , Chichester, West Sussex. (Was previously at Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop.)
www.tangmere-museum.org.uk

Hurricane L1679 was delivered to No 1 Squadron at RAF Tangmere in early 1939 and deployed with the unit to France on 9th September just 6 days after the outbreak of war. When Germany began its blitzkrieg through the Low Countries in 1940, the squadron became involved in daily combat whilst constantly withdrawing to the west as the enemy forces advanced. L1679 was in the thick of it - being flown by several pilots who later became household names, including Flying Officer Paul Richey whose book 'Fighter Pilot' became a classic of the genre. Sadly, L1679 did not survive. Badly damaged during a crash-landing at Mezieres on 10th May she was destroyed on the ground 4 days later. The museum's replica was built in the 1980s at Middle Wallop and, because it includes a Rover V8 engine that turns the propeller, has been used as a taxiable - though not flyable

P2725 - Hooton Park Trust , Hooton Park - Display
Hurricane – (full size model BAPC68) is under restoration at Hooton Park, Cheshire. The replica was originally built for the film "The Battle of Britain" where it was painted as code "J".
Photo www.hootonparktrust.co.uk

R4115 - Imperial War Museum , Duxford Aerodrome - Display
Hurricane – (full size model BAPC267) "R4115" "LE-X" – at the Imperial War Museum Collection, Duxford Aerodrome. The plane is in 242 Sqn. colours. Previously at the Imperial War Museum, South Lambeth, London. (Was on display at the National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff from August 2001 and February 2002.)
Photo www.duxford.iwm.org.uk

Hurricane – (full size model – BAPC72) – “V6799” "SD-X" - Jet Age Museum , Gloucestershire Aviation Collection, Gloucestershire Airport, West Camp, Gloucestershire. Was previously “V7767” – ex battle of Britain film 501 sqn. Colours.
No photo www.jetagemuseum.org

N2532 - Kent Battle of Britain Museum , Hawkinge - Display
Hurricane – (full size model BAPC272) "N2532" "GZ-H" – arrived at Kent Battle of Britain Museum , Hawkinge Airfield, Folkestone, Kent in April 2000.
www.kbobm.org

P3679 - Kent Battle of Britain Museum , Hawkinge - Display
Hurricane – (full size model BAPC278) "P3679" "GZ-K" – arrived at Kent Battle of Britain Museum , Hawkinge Airfield, Folkestone, Kent in April 2000.
P2921 - Kent Battle of Britain Museum Hawkinge - Display
Hurricane – (full size model BAPC273) "P2921" "GZ-L" – arrived at Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge Airfield, Folkestone, Kent in April 2000.
P3059 - Kent Battle of Britain Museum , Hawkinge - Display
Hurricane – (full size model BAPC64 ) "P3059" "SD-N" – Kent Battle of Britain Museum , Hawkinge Airfield, Folkestone, Kent. Was used in the “Battle of Britain” film.
P3208 - Kent Battle of Britain Museum , Hawkinge - Display
Hurricane – (full size model BAPC63) "P3208" "SD-T" – Kent Battle of Britain Museum , Hawkinge Airfield, Folkestone, Kent. Was used in the “Battle of Britain” film and also previously marked as "L1592" .RF-U - Kent Battle of Britain Museum Hawkinge - Display
Hurricane – (full size model) "RF-U" in 303 Sqn. Colours – Kent Battle of Britain Museum , Hawkinge Airfield, Folkestone, Kent.

The following are all visible in GE an in the original file.

V7467 - Wonderland Pleasure Park , Farnsfield - Display
BE421 - Royal Air Force Museum , Hendon - Display
P2793 - Eden Camp Moderm History Theme Museum , Malton - Display
P2970 - National Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel Le Ferne - Display
P3873 - Yorkshire Air Museum , Elvington - Display
L1710 - RAF Memorial Chapel, Biggin Hill - Display

Excavated remains

Hurricane I – (excavated remains) - V6685 - at Thameside Aviation Museum , East Tilbury, Essex. On 18th September 1940, V6685 crashed at Margaretting, Essex, after combat. In 1974 and 1987 digs of the site provided the museum with a number of relics including the Rolls Royce Merlin engine complete with the makers plate, undercarriage legs, main spare, rudder pedals, control column, instruments and fabric.
No photo www.aviationmuseum.co.uk

Hurricane I – (excavated remains) - L1599 - US-C at Thameside Aviation Museum , East Tilbury, Essex. On 24th April 1939, L1599 crashed at Newlands Farm, Margaretting, Essex, whilst on an aerobatic practice flight. A September 1977 dig of the site provided the museum with a number of relics including a Watts two blade propeller boss and a control column spade grip.
No photo

Hurricane I – (excavated remains) - P3518 - at Thameside Aviation Museum , East Tilbury, Essex. On 3rd September 1940, P3518 crashed at Ingatestone, Essex, whilst in combat over Chelmsford. A 11th August 1974 dig of the site provided the museum with a number of relics including remains of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine, the gun firing button from the spade grip, engine mounts, the Rotol propeller boss and the makers plate
No photo

Hurricane I – (excavated remains) - P3966 - at Thameside Aviation Museum , East Tilbury, Essex. On 26th August 1940, P3966 crashed into the marshes at Fobbing, Essex, after combat over the Thames Estuary. A January 1988 dig of the site provided the museum with a number of relics including the undercarriage legs, two .303 Browning machine guns, main spar instruments, fabric and wood.
No photo

Hurricane I – (excavated remains) - P3234 - TP-E - at Thameside Aviation Museum , East Tilbury, Essex. On 7th September 1940, P3234 crashed at Fritze Farm, Stock, Essex, after combat. A 1983 dig of the site provided the museum with a number of relics including a ballast weight made from lead, some wood from the cockpit area and part of the prop blade.
No photo

Hurricane X – (excavated remains) - AM280 at Thameside Aviation Museum , East Tilbury, Essex. On 26th November 1942, AM280 and Z5449 both of 3 sqdn., RAF Hunsdon did practice attacks on each other over Essex. During the manoeuvres the two aircraft collided, AM280 crashing at Wermigs Flower Farm, Great Easton and Z5449 crashing at nearby Nevills Farm, Mill End Green. The majority of AM280 was removed during the war and some years after but a 1999 dig of the site provided the museum with a number of relics.
No photo

P3175 - Royal Air Force Museum , Hendon - Wreck

Hurricane I – P3175 (wrecked) at Royal Air Force Museum , Hendon, near London. The remains of a 257 Sqn. aircraft shot down 31 August 1940

P3179 - Tangmere Military Aviation Museum , Tangmere - Cockpit
Hurricane I – (excavated remains) - P3179 at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Chichester, West Sussex. P3179 was shot down on 30th August 1940 and crashed in a street in Hove, Sussex. A later excavation produced the remains of the plane.
No photo

Hurricane I – (excavated remains) - V7233 - LV-K - is reported at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum , Chichester, West Sussex.. V7233 of 87 Squadron was shot down off Portland Bill on the 11th August 1940
No Photo

V7350 - Brenzett Aeronautical Museum Trust, Brenzett - Cockpit
Hurricane I – V7350 – cockpit only – at Brenzett Aeronautical Museum, Romney Marsh, Kent. The 85 Sqn. aircraft crashed on 29/8/1940
No photo www.brenzettaero.co.uk

Hurricanes around the world.

Canada

Hurricane XII – "P2970" "US-X" RCAF5481 N678DP (airworthy)
Location unconfirmed

Hurricane XII – "YO-A" "P3069" RCAF 5377 registered C-GCWH
was at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum , at the Hamilton International Airport, Ontario.
On 15th. February 1993, a large part of Hangar3 was destroyed by fire. Five aircraft were destroyed in the fire, including C-GCWH.
The destroyed original has been replaced by a full size model.
The aircraft had been used in flying sequences of the film "The Battle of Britain".
http://www.warplane.com/pages/aircraft_hurricane.html

India

Hurricane Mk.IIb Displayed as AB832
Indian Air Force Museum , Palam Air Base
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Museum/Palam/Props.html

USA

Hurricane Mk.XII Reported under restoration to fly. Civil registration N68RW
Lone Star Flight Museum, Texas
www.lsfm.org

Hurricane Mk.XII Comprising of five airframes. Formally owned by Bob Schneider
R.R.S. Aviation, Hawkins, Texas
http://rides.webshots.com/album/90667912jpbBIf

Hurricane II – “OT-A or DT-A” (owned by Bob Schneider's RRS Aviation of Hawkine, Texas) is on loan to the Cavanaugh Flight Museum , Addison Airport near Dallas, Texas. The plane is a composite of several different airframes, including one that flew in the Battle of Britain. The main donor was built in Canada in 1942 and was based at Bagotville, Quebec. The plane was recovered from its crash into Lake St. Johns, Quebec on 27 March 1944. The completed airframe is finished in the markings of Squadron Leader Stanford Tuck of 257 Squadron
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/index.html

Hurricane I - P3311
Warbird Recovery , 11740 Airport Way, Hangar 36D, Broomfield, Colorado.
The aircraft was built in 1940 by Hawker Aircraft. On 27 May 1940 P3311 crashed into the English Channel as Flt. Lt. Lee bailed out after being shot down on a sortie from North Weald. The wreckage of the aircraft was recovered off Dunkirk, to London and in 1995 shipped to Fort Collins, Colorado
http://www.warbirdrecovery.com/wb_recoveredDetails.php?ID=5

Hurricane - AM274
JNE Aircraft Restoration Services
2003 - John Norman bought the remains of three ex-Russian Hurricanes that were offered for sale by Ed Zalesky's "airplane-supply" of White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.
http://www.jneaircraftrestoration.com/projects

New Zealand

Hurricane – "OK-1" (full size model)
Museum of Transport, Technology and Social History (MOTAT), Auckland, New Zealand.
www.motat.org.nz

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Spitfire Mk.Vc AR614
Flying Heritage Collection
Paine Field Airport, Everett, Washington

Spitfire Mk.XVIe SL721 N721WK C-GVZB
owned by Michael Potter,
Ottawa, Canada.

Spitfire Mk.XIVe TZ138 C-GSPT
owned by Robert Jens
Vancouver Int. Airport, Canada.

Spitfire FR.XIV NH799 ZK-XIV
Avspec LTD
Ardmore, New Zealand
No Web page.

Spitfire PR.XIX PS890 F-AZJS
Christopher Jacquard Collection
Dijon-Darois airport, France
No Web page.

Spitfire PR.XI PL965 G-MKXI
Hangar 11 Collection,
North Weald, Essex,UK

Spitfire Mk IX MJ772 NR8
Champlin Fighter Museum,
Mesa, Arizona

Spitfire LF.IX PL344 N644TB
Southern Aircraft Leasing
Bartow, Florida, USA
No Web page.

Spitfire LF.IXE NH238 G-MKIX
Flying Air Services
North Weald, Essex, UK
No Web page.

Spitfire LF.IXC ML417 N2TF
Chino Spitfires LTD
Chino, California, USA

Spitfire Mk.XIV, N54SF
Chino Warbirds
Chino, California, USA

Spitfire PR Mk. XIX, N219AM
Air Museum at Claremont, California
based at Chino

Spitfire Mk.IX MK923 N521R
Museum of Flight (Seattle)
Seattle, Washington, USA

Spitfire LF.IX MK732 PH-OUQ
Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic Flight
Gilze Rijen Air Force Base, Holland

Spitfire TR.IX MJ627 G-BMSB
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
East Kirby, Linconshire, UK

Spitfire Mk VIII MV239 VH-HET
Temora Aviation Museum
New South Wales, Australia

Spitfire HF.VIIIC MV154 G-BKMI
owned by Robert Lamplough
Filton, Bristol, Avon, UK

Spitfire TR.IX TE308 N308WK
owned by Bill Greenwood
Aspen, Colorado, USA

Spitfire LF.IXE TE554
Spitfire IX 57
Spitfire IX 26
Spitfire IX 78
Israeli Defence Force/Israeli A.F. Museum
Beersheba,Israel
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Futher Info : http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/spitaw.htm

Edited by sasroodkapje (12/03/07 05:47 AM)

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