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| Name | Spitfires - Shuttleworth Season Premiere & RAF Centenary Airshow 2018 |
| Video Uploader | Video From High Flight |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 15-05-2018 19:58:01 |
| Video Discription | Merlin Aviations Supermarine Spitfire IXB, MH434, G-ASJV flown by Stu Goldspink, in formation with Cliff Spink flying the Imperial War Museums Mk.1a, N3200, G-CFGJ, during the Shuttleworth Season Premiere and RAF Centenary Airshow 2018. Spitfire IXB, MH434, G-ASJV:- The most famous military aircraft of all time and perhaps the most famous of all Spitfires still flying today, MH434 was built in 1943 at Vickers, Castle Bromwich. This Spitfire is remarkably original, having never been subject to a re-build. For its inaugural flight at the beginning of August 1943, MH434 was air tested by the legendary Alex Henshaw. Within the same month MH434 was scoring with 222 Squadron. It was first allocated to South African pilot Flt Lt Henry Lardner-Burke, DFC (1916-1970, seven and a half kills, three damaged, retiring as a Wing Commander). On the 27 August in the St Omar area over France, Lardner-Burke, in ‘434, shot down a Focke-Wulf FW-190 and damaged a second during a mission to escort USAAF B-17 bombers. On the 5 September 1943 they again shot down another FW-190 in the Nieuport area, and on the 8 September 1943 claimed a half share in the downing of a Messerschmitt Bf-109G in Northern France. In 1944 MH434 was transferred to 350 Sqn. Hornchurch, before being returned to 222 Sqn. Lardner Burke had by now been posted on, and the aircraft was next assigned to Flt Sgt Alfred ‘Bill’ Burge. He flew another 12 operational sorties in the aircraft before the Squadron’s existing Mk IXs were exchanged for a modified variant that could carry rockets. After over 80 operational sorties, MH434 was stood down in March 1945. Post war MH434's guns were loaded again when bought by the Royal Netherlands Air Force in 1947. The Spitfire served with 322 Sqn. As H-105 - mainly ground strafing and light bombing missions - before crash-landing in Semarang, Java. After spending some time in storage, MH434 was repaired and flew again in Holland on the 10 March 1953. The Belgian Air Force became the next owner of this Spitfire, and as SM-41 she served at the Advanced Pilot School at Koksijde and with 13 Wing at Brustem. On the 26 March 1956 MH434 was purchased and returned to Britain by airline pilot Tim Davies. As G-ASJV the Spitfire was moved to Stansted then Elstree for a full overhaul. The aircraft was flown purely for pleasure and took part in it's first movie role, Operation Crossbow. November 1967 saw MH434 join the motion picture airforce of Spitfire Productions Ltd, set up by Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie for the film 'Battle of Britain'. At the end of the movie in 1968 MH434 was sold again. The new owner, Sir Adrian Swire, Chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways, had the Spitfire painted in a 1944 camouflage colour scheme with his initials AC-S, as squadron codes. In April 1983 MH434 was sold at auction to it's most illustrious owner, Ray Hanna (Nalfire Aviation Ltd) and became one of the Old Flying Machine Company's founding aircraft. The first major rebuild took place in the winter of 1994-95. MH434 has become a regular movie co-star and airshow performer and when not in make up for a role is flown in the authentic 222 Sqn. Codes ZD-B. Spitfire Mk.1a, N3200 G-CFGJ:- Built at Southampton in 1939, this Supermarine Spitfire Mark 1a was issued to No. 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford in April 1940. On 26 May the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches at Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) began, which included the Royal Air Force sending all available aircraft to protect the evacuation. No. 19 Squadron Leader Geoffrey Stephenson piloted Spitfire N3200 on its first and only operation as he led his squadron on a patrol to cover the evacuation of Allied forces. After shooting down a Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber, Stephenson was himself shot down. He crash-landed on a beach at Sangatte, near Calais, and was captured. Stephenson remained a prisoner for the rest of the war, including a period spent at Colditz Castle, while his Spitfire gradually sank under the sand. Stephenson continued his RAF career after the war but was killed in 1954 while test-flying in America. His Spitfire was recovered from the French sands in 1986 after strong currents revealed it, more than 45 years after it sank. The wreckage was excavated during the spring of that year and, though largely intact, very few parts could be salvaged.The Spitfire was restored to flying condition and returned to the air in 2014, before it was donated to IWM in 2015. Video and Audio content is Copyright © 2017 S Keeler This video and audio material may not be reproduced in any form (except as the videos Youtube embedded video option on any other website), without written permission. [UUBunaf0Dmo] |
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| Tags | Aviation | Aircraft | Airshow | Air Show | Aeroplane | Airplane | Plane | Flying | Spitfire | Supermarine Spitfire | MH434 | G-ASJV | N3200 | G-CFGJ. IWM | OFMC | Merlin Aviation | Imperial War Museum | RAF | Royal Air Force | Old Warden Aerodrome | Shuttleworth | Shuttleworth Collection | Elliptical | Wing | Ellipse | Merlin | Cliff Spink | Stu Goldspink |
