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This article lists surviving Spitfires and Seafires, according to their geographical location and the condition that they are in.
Spitfire Survivors. 18,975 likes · 153 talking about this. The definitive history of every surviving Supermarine Spitfire and Seafire, published in two volumes, all now sold and no further copies...
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In 1954 the Israeli government sold 30 surplus Spitfire Mk.IXs to Burma in two operations code-named 'Orez' ('Rice) and Orez 2. In 1995 Burmese authorities revealed that four Spitfire IXs and two Seafires still existed and had been set aside at Mingalardon to be exhibited in a proposed Myanmar Air Force museum. After two years of negotiations David...
Three Spitfires are preserved and on display in the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim. Airworthy 1. Spitfire LF Mk.IXe TE554, the Black Spitfire, former Israeli Air Force 20-57. The personal mount of former Israeli Air Force Chief of Staff and president Ezer Weizman, it is used for ceremonial flying displays. Non-Airworthy 1. Spitfire F Mk.IXe E...
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Owing to its wide usage in World War II and iconic status, a large number of Spitfires have survived into preservation. 240 Spitfires are preserved as of 2023; this includes around 60 which are airworthy. [168]
They destroyed a number of Mk XVIIIs on the ground, but the surviving Spitfires took off and shot down four of the Egyptian aircraft. One of the RAF pilots was Geoff Cooper who was, in turn, later in the year shot down by the American pilot Chalmers Goodlin, flying an Israeli Mk IX. [201]
This article lists surviving Spitfires and Seafires, according to their geographical location and the condition that they are in. MV239 at Point Cook, Victoria (2008) Airworthy. Spitfire HF Mk.VIIIc MV239 (VH-HET). At Temora Aviation Museum in Temora, New South Wales.
8 juil. 2022 · Fifty-four of the surviving Spitfires are said to be airworthy, including 30 of those in the UK. 5. The Spitfire featured innovative semi-elliptical wings. This aerodynamically efficient Beverley Shenstone design was perhaps the Spitfire’s most distinctive feature.
