 PV270
when operated by the Israeli Air Force as 2080, 107 Squadron at Ramat
David. Aircraft in
foreground is an IAF P51D Mustang (Alex Yofe collection) |
 With
111 Squadron RAF at Treviso in Italy in January 1947 (RAF Museum
collection) |
 Believed
to be PV270 when operated by the Italian Air Force as MM4014 (Gregory
Alegi collection) |
 PV270
when operated by the Union of Burma Air Force as UB 424 (Peter R Arnold collection) |
 PV270
spent 25 years as a gate guardian at Hwabi Air Force Base near Rangoon
(Photo by Peter R Arnold) |
 After
arrival in New Zealand in 2001 |
Three of the Burm ese Spitfires on a refuelling stop at the
RPAF
base of Mauripur in Pakistan during their delivery flight in March 1955 -
one of the delivery pilots being the well known Jackie Moggeridge. The
aircraft were delivered by mostly ex RAF pilots via Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan and then to Rangoon
(Photo by John Holloway)
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Deere in his MkIXC Spitfire EN568 at Biggin Hill in June 1943. At the time
the Biggin Hill Wing was engaged in a series of Ramrod, Rodeo and Circus
operations over Occupied Europe. PV270 will be completed in this (Fighter
Command) colour
scheme (Peter R Arnold collection) |
 The
Air Ministry Form 78 for Spitfire PV270 which tracks some of its history.
After being built and test flown at the Castle Bromwich Spitfire factory
near Birmingham, the aircraft was then flown to a Maintenance Unit at the
end of September 1944 to prepare it for shipping to Casablanca from
Liverpool. The final entry shows the transfer of the aircraft to the
Italian Air Force (RAF Museum)
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