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Supermarine Spitfire.
Construction number CBAF.10895.
1944 The aircraft was built by Vickers Supermarine at Castle Bromwich.
1945 The aircraft was acquired by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and was serialed as TB863.
27Feb1945 The aircraft was allocated to 19 Maintenance Unit, St Athan, UK.
22Mar1945 The aircraft was allocated to 453 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
194? The aircraft was allocated the code letters FB-Y.
1972 At this time this ircraft was under restoration at the Southend Museum in the UK.
19? The aircraft was acquired by Mr Francis.
19? The aircraft was restored by the Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK.
30Nov1982 The aircraft was re-registered as G-CDAN (Possibly C-FDAN?).
19? The aircraft was acquired by Sir Tim wallace for the Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, New Zealand.
17Jan1989 The aircraft was re-registered as ZK-XVI.
25Jan1989 The aircraft flew its first post restoration flight.
Jan1989 The aircraft crashed at Waipukerau, New Zealand.
19? The aircraft was repaired.
Apr2006 The aircraft was acquired by the Temora Aviation Museum.
08Sep2006 The aircraft completed its first test flight following re-assembly at Temora.
TB863 / ZK-XVI in New Zealand. Photograph by Prof. Dr. Dan K.J. Vercammen.
TB863 / ZK-XVI in New Zealand. Photograph by Prof. Dr. Dan K.J. Vercammen.
TB863 / ZK-XVI at Ardmore, New Zealand, the day before it crashed at Waipukerau, January, 1989. Photograph by Peter Lewis.
TB863 / ZK-XVI at Wanaka in New Zealand, 1984. Photograph by Peter Lewis.
TB863 / ZK-XVI at Wanaka in New Zealand, 2006. Photograph by Ron Cuskelly.
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