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G-ADVJ: Supermarine SPITFIRE MKIX
Last Updated
Nov. 8, 2023
Details
Registration #
G-ADVJ
Status
Off Market
Year
1943
Make
Supermarine
Model
SPITFIRE MKIX
Serial Number
Not Listed
TTAF
21
Engine 1 Time
21
Location
GBR
Price History
Nov. 7, 2023
3,750,000
Listings
Site
Price
Status
Updated
Description
Spitfire IX MH415 is an original fully restored combat veteran credited with a confirmed "kill". After spending almost 50 years in storage in the West Texas desert, MH415 has been the subject of a comprehensive rebuild. Fully restored it remains one of the most original Spitfires flying today. Only 21 hrs on airframe, engine, and propeller since restoration. An opportunity to acquire a plane with this provenance and quality of restoration comes once in a lifetime. This is the Spitfire to have.
Avionics
Trig TY91 8.33 Transceiver Trig TT22 Mode S Transponder
Airframe
21.05 Hrs. since comprehensive restoration by Vintage Fighter Restorations, Scone, NSW, Australia, circa 2015-2020 It is estiamted that this aircraft is approximately 90% original and has a "continuing history" since manufacture in 1943
Engines / Mods
Rolls Royce Merlin 66. 21.05 Hrs. SMOH by Air Sparrow Inc., USA Rotol R12/4F5/4. 21.05 Hrs TTSN by Skycraft UK
Interior / Exterior
Authentic RAF Day Fighter scheme in the livery of MH415 coded ZD*E whilst serving with 222 Sqn. 10/10 Authentic period, as per factory. 10/10