File:Supermarine Spitfire Ia ‘P7308 - XR-D’ (G-AIST) (21881040164).jpg

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c/n WASP/20/2. Built 1941. Actual RAF serial ‘AR213’. Currently wearing the markings of 71 (Eagle) Sqn. Based at Duxford and operated under the care of The Fighter Collection. 2015 Flying Legends Airshow. Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK. 12-7-2015.

The following info is taken from the Flying Legends website:-

“Built by the Westland Aircraft Factory, Yeovil, UK in 1941. Delivered to No.12 M.U Kirkbride and relegated to training duties. She ended up at No.7 O.T.U. Harwarden. Following a number of landing accidents she was struck off charge in November 1945. She was purchased by Group Captain Allen Henry Wheeler in October 1946. Made airworthy for the movie ‘Battle of Britain’ as N3311/AI-B. She was acquired by Patrick Lindsay in 1974. A number of ownership changes followed until acquired by the current owners Comanche Fighters of Houston, Texas.”
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Author Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
Camera location52° 05′ 27.3″ N, 0° 07′ 28.11″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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