Spitfire IX TB863 2024-06-04

[falcon409]

falcon409 submitted a new resource:

Spitfire IX TB863 - WWII Liveries

View attachment 128920

This aircraft was originally delivered to No. 19 Maintenance Unit at RAF St Athan on 27 February 1945. It was issued to No. 453 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force based at Matlask, Norfolk on 22 March 1945. After being struck-off as scrap in 1951 following a take-off incident, it was purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a stage prop for their 1955 film on wartime pilot Douglas Bader titled "Reach for the Sky" and in 1967 it was involved in the making...

Read more about this resource...