Spitfire IX ‘MK912’
Spitfire IX MK912 / G-BRRA at the Shuttleworth Festival of Flight 2025.
Built in 1944, this Spitfire served with 312 (Czech) Squadron and is seen here in painted in authentic RAF markings which it wore on D-Day when flown by P/O Miroslav Liskutin DFC. After WWII it served with the Royal Netherlands Air Force and then the Belgian Air Force. Following retirement, it spent time as gate guardian at Saffraenberg, Belgium and later moved to the Musee Royal de l'Armee, Brussels. The aircraft passed between various private owners in the 1980s-90s, moving to the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, Biggin Hill for restoration to airworthiness from where it flew again in 2000. Following a forced landing in August 2015, the aircraft again underwent a second restoration culminating a post-restoration flight in July 2024 from Biggin Hill.
Spitfire IX ‘MK912’
Spitfire IX MK912 / G-BRRA at the Shuttleworth Festival of Flight 2025.
Built in 1944, this Spitfire served with 312 (Czech) Squadron and is seen here in painted in authentic RAF markings which it wore on D-Day when flown by P/O Miroslav Liskutin DFC. After WWII it served with the Royal Netherlands Air Force and then the Belgian Air Force. Following retirement, it spent time as gate guardian at Saffraenberg, Belgium and later moved to the Musee Royal de l'Armee, Brussels. The aircraft passed between various private owners in the 1980s-90s, moving to the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, Biggin Hill for restoration to airworthiness from where it flew again in 2000. Following a forced landing in August 2015, the aircraft again underwent a second restoration culminating a post-restoration flight in July 2024 from Biggin Hill.