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PHOTO AEROPLANE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE IX 'PT879' (G-PTIX) C/N CBAF.IX.2922 BUILT IN 1944 FOR THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AS PT879. TRANSFERRED TO RUSSIA UNDER LEND-LEASE ARRANGEMENTS AND ARRIVED AT MURMANSK IN OCTOBER 1944. IT WAS WRITTEN OFF ON 18TH MAY 1945 WHEN IT HAD A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER SPITFIRE AND CRASHED AT A LOCATION ON THE KOLA PENINSULA. THE REMAINS WERE RECOVERED IN 1997 AND ARRIVED IN THE UK THE FOLLOWING YEAR WHERE THEY BECAME A REBUILT PROJECT WITH THE BRITISH CIVIL REGISTRATION G-BYDE. SOLD TO PETER TEICHMAN IN 2005 FOR HIS HANGAR 11 COLLECTION AND REREGISTERED AS G-PTIX IN JANUARY 2018. ACCURATELY RESTORED WITH BOMB RACKS AND IN GENUINE SOVIET MARKINGS SHE FLEW AGAIN ON 28TH OCTOBER 2020. THIS STUNNING RESTORATION IS SEEN MAKING HER OLD WARDEN DEBUT AT THE 2021 SHUTTLEWORTH VINTAGE WEEKEND. OLD WARDEN BEDFORDSHIRE UK 5TH SEPTEMBER 2021 COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSOPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches
CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO
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