Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIIIc MV239

Spitfire MV239 (Photo Errol Cavit (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))
Aircraft type: Supermarine Spitfire / Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII
Manufacturing date: 1945
Status: Restored, Restored (airworthy)
Operator:
Location: Australia
Date of last known status: 8 December 2019

Description

Spitfire HF Mk.VIIIc MV239 / A58-758 is registered VH-HET. It is owned and operated by the Temora Aviation Museum in Temora, New South Wales.

It wears the markings of the mount of Robert ‘Bobby’ Gibbes DSO DFC as A58-602 / RG-V (RAF serial MV133), who was Wing Commander of No 80 Wing RAAF, Morotai, 1945.

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