RAAF Spitfire to refly.........in the UK

[flyingheritage]

A Australian ex RAAF Sptfire A58-441 will soon refly in the UK after a rebuild.


It was scrapped at end of WW2 at Oakey and survived and was exported to UK to refly.

http://www.spitfires.talktalk.net/page26.html

Serial #: JG668
Construction #:
Unknown
Civil Registration:
None
Model: LF Mk. VIII
Name: None
Status: Restoration

History:
Delivered to RAF 82nd MU as JG668, Mar. 30, 1944.
- Transferred to RAAF, arrived Sydney, June 19, 1944.
Delivered to RAAF as A58-441.
- BOC: July 1944.
- SOC: May 22, 1946.
- Assigned to No. 1 AD, July 6, 1944.
- Transferred to No. 14 ARD-R/P. Sept. 6, 1944. Squ 457 / OTU
- Transferred to No. 9 R&SU, Oct. 23, 1944.
- Transferred to No. 14 ARD-R/P. Nov. 23, 1944.Squ 457 / OTU
- Transferred to No. 6 AD, Oct. 1, 1945.
- Stored for spares (later scrapped) RAAF Oakey, Queensland, Nov. 7, 1947-Nov. 15, 1948.
Ross Campbell, Toowoomba, Queensland, 1980s.
- Hulk recovered from farm near Oakey, Queensland.
Barry Coran, Melbourne, Victoria, 1990s.
Ian Mastin, Hoppers Crossing, Victoria, 1996-2004.
- Substantial components, restoration project.
Jon Radford, Oxford, UK, 2004-2005.
- Shipped to UK, 2004.
- Restoration continued.