Peter Teichman brings PT879 into Sywell.
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire PT879, a Mk.IX built under construction number CBAF.IX.2922 in Castle Bromwich in 1944.The fighter was one of the Spitfires that was supplied to the Russian Allies under Lend-Lease during WW II. Unfortunately PT879 collided with another Spitfire and crashed on the Kola Peninsula on 18 May 1945. Recovered from Russia in 1997, the hulk was bought by Angela Soper of Romford (UK) and the project was registered as G-BYDE.
Four years later the project was acquired by Peter Teichman. After a long period of storage the restoration was taken up at Sandown on the Isle of Wight in 2012 and completed at North Weald.
Peter Teichman brings PT879 into Sywell.
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire PT879, a Mk.IX built under construction number CBAF.IX.2922 in Castle Bromwich in 1944.The fighter was one of the Spitfires that was supplied to the Russian Allies under Lend-Lease during WW II. Unfortunately PT879 collided with another Spitfire and crashed on the Kola Peninsula on 18 May 1945. Recovered from Russia in 1997, the hulk was bought by Angela Soper of Romford (UK) and the project was registered as G-BYDE.
Four years later the project was acquired by Peter Teichman. After a long period of storage the restoration was taken up at Sandown on the Isle of Wight in 2012 and completed at North Weald.