Supermarine Spitfire cn CBAF IX.1732
Frame last update: 27-Jun-2023
Registration: PH-OUQOperator: RNLAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force
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Engines: Packard Merlin 224 x 1
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Type: Warbird
Status: Active
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| Reg | Date | Model | Operator | Notes | Seen | Photo |
| MK732 | xx-xx-1944 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | RAF - Royal Air Force | Built at Castle Bromwich factory. 39MU 08.03.1944 485 (NZ) Sq 25.04.1944. Coded OU-Q, Named "Baby Bea IV". Operated beach patrols on D-Day, attacked a shot down a JU-88 over Omaha Beach. Credited with shared victory. 30.09.1944 Last operational mission of MK732 during WWII. 86 operational flights. | ||
| MK732 | xx-xx-1947 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | RNLAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force | Allocated to RNLAF. Ferried 24.06.1947. Test flown 03.06.1948. | ||
| H-25 | xx-xx-1948 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | RNLAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force | TOC 09.06.1948 and a/c ferried from RAF Colerne to No.1 Dutch Ferry flight at RAF Pershore. Ferried RAF Pershore to RNLAF Valkenburg 27.06.1948. | ||
| 3W-17 | xx-xx-1951 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | RNLAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force | Roaded to Eindhoven for use as a decoy 01.07.1954. Dumped. Stolen by members of 14Sqn RAF while visiting and carried by road in the middle of the night on a lorry to RAF Oldenburg in Germany. No effort made by RNLAF to recover. | ||
| MK732 | xx-xx-1956 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | RAF - Royal Air Force | Aircraft restored to static condition by 14Sqn and preserved on display at RAF Oldenburg. To RAF Ahlhorn 1957 and put on display. To RAF Gutersloh 1960. Dismantled RAF Gutersloh 1969. Airlifted to Brize Norton by RAF Belfast and stored 27.06.1969. To St Athan 04.07.1969. | ||
| 8633M | xx-xx-1970 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | RAF - Royal Air Force | To BBMF at Coltishall for spares 23.10.1974. To Abingdon and std with BBMF 08.1979. Selected to provide spares for AB910 after ground collision 09.1980. Remains to St Athan 12.11.1980. Planned to be scrapped but scrappies lorry was full so not picked up(!!!!). Donated back to the Netherlands 13.04.1984 | ||
| MK732 | xx-xx-1989 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | Private | Bought privately, offered for sale various times. Returned to UK 05.1989, but back to Netherlands 12.1990. To Deelen for restoration. | ||
| G-HVDM | xx-xx-1991 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | Private | Dutch Spitfire Flight. Restoration carried out - fuselage at RNLAF Deelen, the wings in England and the engine in Nijverdal. Final assembly at Lydd in 1993. Reflown 10.06.1993. Ferried Lydd to RNLAF Leeuwarden 12.06.1993. Aircraft partly sold to the Dutch Goverment ( 50% ) and the Dutch Spitfire Flight ( 50% ) 08.12.1993. Based at Lelystad. | ||
| G-HVDM | xx-xx-1994 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | Netherlands Government | Share of the Dutch Spitfire Flight ( 50% ) sold to the Dutch Goverment, now being 100% owner of G-HVDM 04.10.1994 | ||
| G-HVDM | xx-xx-1998 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | RNLAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force | RNLAF Historical Flight. Painted in silver scheme as 3W-17 30.03.2000 and conv to clipped wing configuration. | ||
| PH-OUQ | xx-xx-2000 | Spitfire LF Mk.IXc | RNLAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force | RNLAF Historical Flight | ||
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| Date | Reg | Operator | Location | User | |
| 18-07-2023 | PH-OUQ | RNLAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force | OTT/OFF | stewartgholman | |
| 26-06-2023 | PH-OUQ | RNLAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force | OTT/OFF | stewartgholman | |