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Glorious Spitfire
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The Spitfire replica represents a Mark LF-XVI E, numbered TB592. According to details at the adf-serials website (See References / Links) it entered service with RAAF 451 squadron on 3rd February 1945, subsequently serving with RAF 451, 164, 577 and 288 squadrons before being retired as an instructional airframe.
The LF-XVI was basically a Spitfire Mark IX with a U.S.-built Packard Merlin engine. It also bore extra fuel tankage, and the larger tail fin and teardrop hood of later Spitfire marks. The clipped wings on the replica (standard for this mark) reveal its intended use for low-level operations.
On display at the Aviation Heritage Museum of Western Australia
www.raafawa.org.au/museum/index.html
Aircraft on display include :
Auster J-5
Avro Anson
Avro Lancaster
CAC Wackett
CAC Wirraway
Consolidated PBY Catalina
De Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
De Havilland DH-94 Moth Minor
De Havilland Vampire
Douglas Dakota
GAF Canberra
Link Trainer - early flight simulator
Macchi MB-326
Percival Proctor
Supermarine Spitfire
Glorious Spitfire
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The Spitfire replica represents a Mark LF-XVI E, numbered TB592. According to details at the adf-serials website (See References / Links) it entered service with RAAF 451 squadron on 3rd February 1945, subsequently serving with RAF 451, 164, 577 and 288 squadrons before being retired as an instructional airframe.
The LF-XVI was basically a Spitfire Mark IX with a U.S.-built Packard Merlin engine. It also bore extra fuel tankage, and the larger tail fin and teardrop hood of later Spitfire marks. The clipped wings on the replica (standard for this mark) reveal its intended use for low-level operations.
On display at the Aviation Heritage Museum of Western Australia
www.raafawa.org.au/museum/index.html
Aircraft on display include :
Auster J-5
Avro Anson
Avro Lancaster
CAC Wackett
CAC Wirraway
Consolidated PBY Catalina
De Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
De Havilland DH-94 Moth Minor
De Havilland Vampire
Douglas Dakota
GAF Canberra
Link Trainer - early flight simulator
Macchi MB-326
Percival Proctor
Supermarine Spitfire