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Spitfire F.22 - PK394

Date Type Serial Sqn Home Base Map Ref.
24/06/1950 Spitfire F22 PK394 607Sqn RAF Ouston  

Aircraft history and crash details
Flown to 33MU (RAF Lyneham) on 07/06/1945, then onto the Vickers-Armstrong plant at South Marston on 16/01/1947 for modification work. Entered operational service with 607Sqn on 25/01/1949

On 24/06/1950 it flew out of cloud and into sea  40 miles off Blyth,  Northumberland.