Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk LFXVI RW393 12-03-87
RAF Turnhouse
20 Jan 44
20 Jul 45 3 Nov 47
22 Jan 48
49
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE L.F.XVIE RW393/7293M MUSEUM ACCESSION NUMBER 1995/1012/A
Ordered as one of 700 Spitfire Mk.21 aircraft, cancelled in August 1944 but partially re-instated as 40 Mk XVI aircraft. Built at Castle Bromwich. Serial
block RW373 - 396.
To No.6 Maintenance Unit, RAF Brize Norton, Oxon.
To the Spitfire L.F.XVI equipped No.203 Advanced Flying School at RAF Chivenor, Devon.
To Fighter Command Control and Reporting School, RAF Middle Wallop, Hants. This unit used Spitfire L.F.XVI and Airspeed Oxford aircraft to train fighter controllers.
Flown as the personal aircraft of the AOC Fighter Command - Air Marshal Sir William Elliot (AOC Fighter Command 1947 -49) whilst on charge to No.31 Squadron (Metropolitan Communications Flight) at RAF Hendon. Painted white overall with a red flash on both sides of the fuselage, made up with red crosses and blue serial numbers.
Suffered Cat.3 damage in a landing accident- whilst landing in a crosswind at Hendon in the early afternoon after a local flight. The aircraft ran off the runway into soft ground and tipped onto its nose. The pilot was uninjured.
Under repair by a party from No.58 MU, Skellingthorpe until 16 May 51.
Re-joined No.31 squadron. By early 1953 the aircraft was on Embassy Flight, housed in the Grahame White hangar, and was known as the ‘Clipped Wing Wonder’ .
To No.3 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit at Exeter Airport, Devon coded ‘B’ in blue below the cockpit and still in overall white. This unit provided calibration and target towing for the Army, Navy, and RAF. The aircraft were Air Ministry owned but civilian crewed. Exeter then held the largest Spitfire unit remaining in the country.
22 Mar 51
2 Apr 51 17 May 51
28 Oct 53
6 Jul 54
13 Dec 54 17 Sep 55 14 Dec 55
27 Mar 56
12 Jan 57 9 Mar 57
75-76
To No.45 Maintenance Unit RAF Kinloss. Ten other Spitfire Mk XVI aircraft were retired by the unit that year. Four other Spitfires remained with the unit until 1956, being progressively replaced by Vampire FB.5 aircraft.
Classified non-effective stock.
Displayed at RAF Kinloss Battle of Britain Day.
Allotted instructional serial 7293M for issue to No.603 Squadron at RAF Turnhouse from No.45 MU for use as a display airframe.
Issued to No.602 Squadron at RAF Abbotsinch with the instructional serial 7293M, with code ‘B’ and RW393 serial crossed out and replaced by roughlThe History (021012) p.436.
No.602 Squadron disbanded at Abbotsinch.
Re - allocated to RAF Turnhouse (Edinburgh) for display duties and placed outside the station H.Q; 603 Squadron disbanded the following day.
As first displayed the aircraft was camouflaged and carrying an approximation of the wartime markings of No.603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force with the fuselage codes XT-A and no serial numbers. Regularly cleaned and inspected by 603 Squadron personnel.
Refurbished by the Engineering Wing at RAF Kinloss. Returned to the gate at Turnhouse by April 76 still camouflaged as XT-A.
AF Cardington.
To Aerospace Museum Cosford, Salop for display, replacing Spitfire XIV MT847 which had moved to Manchester.
Following replacement on display by Spitfire Mk.1 K9942 from Hendon, moved to storage at RAFM facility at RAF Stafford.
By road to RAFM MBCC, RAF Cosford, for cosmetic attention prior to display in the ‘Living Museum’ forming part of the VE/VJ 60th anniversary celebrations in St James’s Park, London. Repainted as a wartime 74 Squadron aircraft, TB675/4D-V.
By road to London for the exhibition, which was open to the public 4-10 July.
By road to RAFM Hendon for temporary storage.
Displayed at RAFM Battle of Britain weekend event. Photo-Flypast December 2005 p.12.
Dismantled, and returned to RAFM Cosford for display the following day (21 September).
Returned to RAFM Hendon by road for further temporary display over the summer, being placed outside by the Milestones building on 24 August 2006, returning to the Bomber Command Hall 12 October 2006.
By road to RAFM Stafford for storage, following display at the RAF Museum Pageant weekend 2-3 June 2007. Delivered 7 June 2007.
By road to RAFM Hendon for display in Historic Hangars July 2015.
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk LFXVI RW393 12-03-87
RAF Turnhouse
20 Jan 44
20 Jul 45 3 Nov 47
22 Jan 48
49
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE L.F.XVIE RW393/7293M MUSEUM ACCESSION NUMBER 1995/1012/A
Ordered as one of 700 Spitfire Mk.21 aircraft, cancelled in August 1944 but partially re-instated as 40 Mk XVI aircraft. Built at Castle Bromwich. Serial
block RW373 - 396.
To No.6 Maintenance Unit, RAF Brize Norton, Oxon.
To the Spitfire L.F.XVI equipped No.203 Advanced Flying School at RAF Chivenor, Devon.
To Fighter Command Control and Reporting School, RAF Middle Wallop, Hants. This unit used Spitfire L.F.XVI and Airspeed Oxford aircraft to train fighter controllers.
Flown as the personal aircraft of the AOC Fighter Command - Air Marshal Sir William Elliot (AOC Fighter Command 1947 -49) whilst on charge to No.31 Squadron (Metropolitan Communications Flight) at RAF Hendon. Painted white overall with a red flash on both sides of the fuselage, made up with red crosses and blue serial numbers.
Suffered Cat.3 damage in a landing accident- whilst landing in a crosswind at Hendon in the early afternoon after a local flight. The aircraft ran off the runway into soft ground and tipped onto its nose. The pilot was uninjured.
Under repair by a party from No.58 MU, Skellingthorpe until 16 May 51.
Re-joined No.31 squadron. By early 1953 the aircraft was on Embassy Flight, housed in the Grahame White hangar, and was known as the ‘Clipped Wing Wonder’ .
To No.3 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit at Exeter Airport, Devon coded ‘B’ in blue below the cockpit and still in overall white. This unit provided calibration and target towing for the Army, Navy, and RAF. The aircraft were Air Ministry owned but civilian crewed. Exeter then held the largest Spitfire unit remaining in the country.
22 Mar 51
2 Apr 51 17 May 51
28 Oct 53
6 Jul 54
13 Dec 54 17 Sep 55 14 Dec 55
27 Mar 56
12 Jan 57 9 Mar 57
75-76
To No.45 Maintenance Unit RAF Kinloss. Ten other Spitfire Mk XVI aircraft were retired by the unit that year. Four other Spitfires remained with the unit until 1956, being progressively replaced by Vampire FB.5 aircraft.
Classified non-effective stock.
Displayed at RAF Kinloss Battle of Britain Day.
Allotted instructional serial 7293M for issue to No.603 Squadron at RAF Turnhouse from No.45 MU for use as a display airframe.
Issued to No.602 Squadron at RAF Abbotsinch with the instructional serial 7293M, with code ‘B’ and RW393 serial crossed out and replaced by roughlThe History (021012) p.436.
No.602 Squadron disbanded at Abbotsinch.
Re - allocated to RAF Turnhouse (Edinburgh) for display duties and placed outside the station H.Q; 603 Squadron disbanded the following day.
As first displayed the aircraft was camouflaged and carrying an approximation of the wartime markings of No.603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force with the fuselage codes XT-A and no serial numbers. Regularly cleaned and inspected by 603 Squadron personnel.
Refurbished by the Engineering Wing at RAF Kinloss. Returned to the gate at Turnhouse by April 76 still camouflaged as XT-A.
AF Cardington.
To Aerospace Museum Cosford, Salop for display, replacing Spitfire XIV MT847 which had moved to Manchester.
Following replacement on display by Spitfire Mk.1 K9942 from Hendon, moved to storage at RAFM facility at RAF Stafford.
By road to RAFM MBCC, RAF Cosford, for cosmetic attention prior to display in the ‘Living Museum’ forming part of the VE/VJ 60th anniversary celebrations in St James’s Park, London. Repainted as a wartime 74 Squadron aircraft, TB675/4D-V.
By road to London for the exhibition, which was open to the public 4-10 July.
By road to RAFM Hendon for temporary storage.
Displayed at RAFM Battle of Britain weekend event. Photo-Flypast December 2005 p.12.
Dismantled, and returned to RAFM Cosford for display the following day (21 September).
Returned to RAFM Hendon by road for further temporary display over the summer, being placed outside by the Milestones building on 24 August 2006, returning to the Bomber Command Hall 12 October 2006.
By road to RAFM Stafford for storage, following display at the RAF Museum Pageant weekend 2-3 June 2007. Delivered 7 June 2007.
By road to RAFM Hendon for display in Historic Hangars July 2015.