SPITFIRE 1944 Rare Spitfire MK IX scale 1 1 model
moulded on Spitfire ML407 History of the model.
Item specifics | Condition: | Used | Make: | SPITFIRE |
| Model Year: | 1944 |
Rare Spitfire MK IX scale 1/1 model
moulded on Spitfire ML407 History of the model : In order to preserve their
heritage, the Royal Air bases have replaced the original aircrafts they used by
1/1-scale models molded on original aircrafts to mark out the entrance of the
bases. This model is probably part of a series made in the 80s and is a
faithful reproduction of the original copy, which served as a model. The
Spitfire ML 407 was built at Castle Bromwich in early 1944. This is a Spitfire
Mark IX used throughout the last years of the Second World War. It was
delivered to the 485th Squadron New Zealand by Jackie Moggridge, one of the
women pilots of the RAF conveyor, to Officer Johnnie Houlton who shot down the
first enemy aircraft over ther Normandy Beach head on D-Day. In December 1944,
the Spitfire was transferred to the 341st Free French Squadron and became the
aircraft of Jean Dabos. Our model is painted in his colours. For the record,
the "crying baby" painted on the aircraft was drawn by the mechanics
of the squadron in honour of Jean Dabos who was the youngest pilot of the
squadron but also the one who complained all the time about the defects of his
plane. A the end of the war, the Spitfire retired and was given to the Irish
Army until 1968. The plane changed owners several times in England before being
acquired in 1979 by Nick Grace who spent 5 years restoring it. Nick Grace died,
and his wife Carolyn obtained the permission to present it at air shows in
1991.
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