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History:FF 21-11-42 CRD VAWD 24-11-42 trials with Super trop air intake 6-2-43 1CRU 25-9-43 CF Staff College 16-8-45 ? 29MU 25-7-45 sold in Buenos Aires 13-6-47* for acronyms please see Spitfire Production |
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Comments / Questions:by: Fernando Supermarine Spitfire FVIII JF275 information 2018-12-22 20:16:55 Supermarine Spitfire FVIII msn 3632 - 6S 197158 1) Eastleigh, Southampton, contract Air/1877. 2) originally Type 359 FVIIC with RR Merlin 61. 3) First flight: 21-11-42. 4) to RAF: JF275 RAF 5) CRD (Controller of Research and Development), Worthy Down, Hampshire, 24-11-42. 6) Used for air intakes tests. 06-02-43. 7) 1 Civil Repair Unit, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 25-09-43. 8) CF (Communications Flight), RAF Staff College "TBR-L", White Waltham, Berkshire, 16-08-45. 9) 29 MU 25-07-45. 10) sold to Argentina representative for british enterprises Henri Hennequin & Co. 13-06-47. 11) Buenos Aires, August 1947. Offered to Aeronautics Ministery but at the moment, Argentine Air Force acquired italian Fiat G-55 fighters. JF-275 never flew in tests. 12) to La Plata University (Universidad Nacional de la Plata), 1948, used for educational purposes between 1950 - 1966. 13) Sold for scrap in late ´70s. reply |
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