Newly added to the flyers list is Spitfire Mk.IX MH415 (G-AVDJ), which had its first flight today at Sywell Aerodrome in the UK. This is the ex-Connie Edwards Spitfire, which he had acquired following the end of the making of the movie, "Battle of Britain"; having accepted it, along with the numerous Buchons, as payment for his many hours of flying for the filmmakers. From 1973 until 2014 it was stored away until when sold to a new owner in Australia. In early 2016 it was sent to Vintage Fighter Restorations in Scone, Australia, where the restoration commenced. At the time it was sold, it was considered perhaps the most complete and original of any unrestored surviving Spitfire and with very little in the way of any corrosion. In early 2020, the restoration was all but completed at Scone when the aircraft was shipped to the UK for final completion at Air Leasing. The plan was to have the aircraft take part in some of the UK airshows last year, but of course COVID shut everything down. With Air Leasing, the Spitfire was also repainted in more authentic colors (the right spec colors), and is finished in the markings of 222 Squadron, in which it served from October 1943 until the start of '44, during which time it regularly took part in missions/fighter sweeps over Europe. It is one of the most completely original Spitfires now flying. I am not sure who the current owner of the aircraft is (there is some indication it may have been sold). It is registered as chartered to Air Leasing.
This is one of the photos posted to the Ultimate Warbird Flights Facebook page last October.
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