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PHOTO AEROPLANE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE T.9 'NH341 / DB-E' (G-CICK) C/N CBAF.8912. AS OF EARLY 2017 THIS WAS THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE RANKS OF AIRWORTHY SPITS. BUILT AS AN LF.IXE SHE WAS SHOT DOWN ON 2ND JULY 1944. THE REMAINS WERE SALVAGED AND DISPLAYED IN AT LEAST TWO EUROPEAN MUSEUMS BEFORE A COMPLETE RESTORATION BEGAN IN 2011 FOLLOWING PURCHASE IN THE UK. IT WAS DECIDED TO REBUILD HER AS A TWO-SEAT T.9 AND THE COMPLETED AIRCRAFT NAMED 'ELIZABETH' FLEW AGAIN IN THE SPRING OF 2017. SHE IS SEEN LANDING AT THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM DUXFORD CAMBRIDGESHIRE UK. 26TH MAY 2017 THE FOLLOWING HISTORY FOR THE AEROPLANE COMES FROM THE 'GOACTIONSTATION.CO.UK' WEBSITE:- SPITFIRE NH341 WAS BUILT AT CASTLE BROMWICH AS A SPITFIRE LOW LEVEL FIGHTER (LFIXE) AND DELIVERED TO 8 MU ON THE 28TH APRIL 1944. IT WAS SENT TO MILES AIRCRAFT FOR MODIFICATIONS TO BE FITTED BEFORE DELIVERY TO 411 (GRIZZLY BEAR) SQUADRON RCAF ON 22ND JUNE 1944. THIS WAS THE ONLY SQUADRON NH341 SERVED WITH AND WAS FLOWN BY SEVERAL PILOTS THE MOST NOTABLE USE OF NH341 WAS IN THE HANDS OF FLT LT HUGH CHARLES TRAINOR WHO GAINED HIS THIRD KILL IN 48 HOURS ON 29TH JUNE 1944 WHEN HE DOWNED AN ME109 FIVE MILES WEST OF CAEN WHILST FLYING HER. FLT LT TRAINOR DESTROYED ANOTHER BF109 ON THE EVENING OF 30TH JUNE 1944 OVER THURY HURCOURT AGAIN IN NH341. FLT LT TRAINOR GAINED ACE STATUS LATER FLYING ANOTHER SPITFIRE WHEN HE DESTROYED TWO MORE BF109S IN A SINGLE FLIGHT ON THE 4TH JULY THIS WAS AFTER NH341 HAD BEEN LOST ON THE 2ND JULY WHILST BEING FLOWN BY ANOTHER PILOT WHO ESCAPED UNSCATHED AFTER TANGLING WITH FW190S SOUTH EAST OF CAEN. THE SUBSTANTIAL REMAINS WERE PLACED ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEE MEMORIAL DE LA BATAILLE DE NORMANDIE AT BAYEUX DURING 1996. IT WAS LATER DISPLAYED AT THE JUNO BEACH MUSEUM AT COURSEULLES-SUR-MER DURING 2003 WHERE IT WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING ML295. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT HOWEVER SHOWS THAT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THE PARTS ORIGINATED FROM NH341 WITH ONLY A FEW PARTS FROM ANOTHER SPITFIRE. COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSOPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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