SPITFIRE MK IX airplane scale 1/1Click here to purchase or contact the seller of this item on eBay |
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Rare Spitfire MK IX scale 1/1 model moulded on Spitfire ML407 History of the model : In order to preserve their heritage, the Royal Air bases have replaced the original aircrafts they used by 1/1-scale models molded on original aircrafts to mark out the entrance of the bases. This model is probably part of a series made in the 80s and is a faithful reproduction of the original copy, which served as a model. The Spitfire ML 407 was built at Castle Bromwich in early 1944. This is a Spitfire Mark IX used throughout the last years of the Second World War. It was delivered to the 485th Squadron New Zealand by Jackie Moggridge, one of the women pilots of the RAF conveyor, to Officer Johnnie Houlton who shot down the first enemy aircraft over ther Normandy Beach head on D-Day. In December 1944, the Spitfire was transferred to the 341st Free French Squadron and became the aircraft of Jean Dabos. Our model is painted in his colours. For the record, the "crying baby" painted on the aircraft was drawn by the mechanics of the squadron in honour of Jean Dabos who was the youngest pilot of the squadron but also the one who complained all the time about the defects of his plane. A the end of the war, the Spitfire retired and was given to the Irish Army until 1968. The plane changed owners several times in England before being acquired in 1979 by Nick Grace who spent 5 years restoring it. Nick Grace died, and his wife Carolyn obtained the permission to present it at air shows in 1991.
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