The latest news about the great Spitfire search in Burma seems quite pessimistic. David Cundall, followed by thousands of aviation enthusiasts, was hoping to locate dozens of Spitfire buried in crates in Burma at the end of the Second World War. The research team began diggin recently but has only dug up metal sheets that …
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Jan 10 2013
Spitfire Mk XIX crash-lands in East Midlands
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Spitfire PR.XIX (PS853) was damaged on Monday when its landing gear failed upon landing at East Midlands airport. The aircraft came to a halt on the runway, which was closed for a few hours. The pilot was unharmed, and the extent of damage suffered by the aircraft is unknown. Available photos …
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Dec 24 2012
Video: Spitfire Mk IX RR232’s first flight at Filton
Uploaded by Oldham Video Productions on Youtube.
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Dec 24 2012
Spitfire Mk IX flies again at Filton
The Spitfire Mk IX RR232 / G-BSRF made its maiden flight at Filton, in the UK, on December 18 with test pilot Bill Perrins at the commands. The date was also the last day of operations of Filton airport, which was definitively closed on December 18. The Spitfire had not flown in 61 years and …
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Dec 09 2012
BBMF Spitfire Mk XVI flies again
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI TE311 flew again for the first time in 58 years on October 29. It took twelve years for the BBMF team to restore this aircraft to airworthiness. Although TE311 is not itself a combat veteran, it carries the colours of the aircraft flown by Squadron …
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Oct 19 2012
Burmese Spitfire excavation to start soon
Since the announcement last April that some 20 Spitfire Mk XIV had been found buried in Burma, very little information has been available concerning this extraordinary discovery. Some observers were understandably sceptical, given the lack of information and rumours stating that there could be 60 or more such Spitfires to be found. These last few …
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Apr 14 2012
Twenty Spitfire discovered buried in Burma to return to the UK
This is such extraordinary news that one wonders if it can actually be true: the Telegraph reports that twenty Spitfire Mk XIV* that were discovered buried in Burma will be returned to the UK. David Cameron himself, having taken an interest in the case, has asked and obtained permission to recover the aircraft from the …
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Oct 20 2011
Wreckage of Spitfire recovered in France
The wreckage of a Spitfire that was shot down in April 1942 was unearthed in Hardifort in Northern France. The remains of the pilot, William James Smith, were found at the crash site. Smith, a 24 year-old Australian, was flying with No 457 Squadron when he was shot down and killed. The aircraft’s wreckage is …
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Jul 08 2011
The First of the Few
Watch The First of the Few (known as Spitfire in the USA) on YouTube, a 1942 British film directed by and starring Leslie Howard as R.J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire, alongside co-star David Niven. The film’s score was written by William Walton (“Spitfire Prelude and Fugue”).
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