TE565 Spitfre LF.IXe
Národní technické muzeum (National Technological Museum), Prague.
This machine was one of those which was flown from the UK to Czechoslovakia in August 1945 as part of 310 Squadron, RAF marked as seen here as "NN-N". The aircraft later served with the 1st squadron of Aviation Regiment 12 at Prague-Kbely as A-712. Like other Czechoslovak Spitfires, it was originally intended for export to Israel but crashed while landing at Kunovice on 22 April, 1949. It was therefore decided not to export it, but to store it for museum purposes. It was a restored for display in the 1960s
Interestingly, the next Spitfire in this serial sequence, TE566, after Israeli service, survived into the modern era and flew in the UK and South Africa before being lost in a fatal crash in 2002.
TE565 Spitfre LF.IXe
Národní technické muzeum (National Technological Museum), Prague.
This machine was one of those which was flown from the UK to Czechoslovakia in August 1945 as part of 310 Squadron, RAF marked as seen here as "NN-N". The aircraft later served with the 1st squadron of Aviation Regiment 12 at Prague-Kbely as A-712. Like other Czechoslovak Spitfires, it was originally intended for export to Israel but crashed while landing at Kunovice on 22 April, 1949. It was therefore decided not to export it, but to store it for museum purposes. It was a restored for display in the 1960s
Interestingly, the next Spitfire in this serial sequence, TE566, after Israeli service, survived into the modern era and flew in the UK and South Africa before being lost in a fatal crash in 2002.