Walking through the Hangars at DX on Sunday 3rd, I was pleasantly surprised to see Spitfire PL944 sitting there.
I think I’m probably being ignorant, but I don’t recall ever hearing about this airframe?! Can anyone fill me in with details…does it fly, if not will it, owner, registration, past history etc.
Thanks.
By: Roobarb - 8th September 2006 at 21:32
Why’s it at Duxford?
So that some eminent Spitfire experts can be caught out, some others can discuss what an accurate colour scheme it is (with a false serial of course!) Jonathan F care to comment on this one (?) and some others can pat themselves on the back for a job well done, especially following a torrent of undiserved criticism for the last GRP replica to exit Hangar 5 at DX. The boys at ARC obviously DO know how to do accurate colour schemes when allowed to. Maybe some others on site might like to take note…..I notice their green/brown affair is now suffering distinct cannon droop!
Make the most of PL944 as it’s off to sunnier climes soon
Oh and the mystery serial….how about PropShop Ltd,(Mark) 9 No. 4 of 4….hey presto PL944 🙂
By: QldSpitty - 8th September 2006 at 11:24
Hey but didn,t you know that DX doesn,t exist…”quickly closes curtain after watching the men in black about to step out of their black chevy Impala”….
By: JDK - 8th September 2006 at 11:19
Why’s it at Duxford?
Everything’s got to be somewhere? 😀 And DX is a Spitfire black hole that sucks them all in? 😉
Sorry, don’t know.
By: Rich82 - 8th September 2006 at 10:15
Yes, thanks for all that. I’d seen in the Spitfire Show programme that there was a PL344 and assumed there had been a typo or mis-painting somewhere along the line!
Why’s it at Duxford?
By: Mark12 - 6th September 2006 at 22:19
Are you sure? My records show that there never was a PL944 built…. or was there 😉 Maybe PL344 isn’t right either….perhaps that would have been more accurate being PL944…..if you know what I mean!
Still I did warn you on that other thread a few weeks ago…..and it still managed to catch some real experts out I believe 🙂
I think I know what you mean. 🙂
Mark
By: Roobarb - 6th September 2006 at 21:32
Are you sure? My records show that there never was a PL944 built…. or was there 😉 Maybe PL344 isn’t right either….perhaps that would have been more accurate being PL944…..if you know what I mean!
Still I did warn you on that other thread a few weeks ago…..and it still managed to catch some real experts out I believe 🙂
By: G-ORDY - 6th September 2006 at 14:51
The replica or the post?
The replica reads PL944 as in this crop from a Gary Brown shot.
Mark
The replica is supposed to represent Tom Blair’s Mk IX, PL344, it was mispainted in error.
By: Mark12 - 6th September 2006 at 14:17
Its a replica – PL944 should actually read PL344!
The replica or the post?
The replica reads PL944 as in this crop from a Gary Brown shot.
Mark
By: G-ORDY - 6th September 2006 at 13:21
Its a replica – PL944 should actually read PL344!
By: DazDaMan - 6th September 2006 at 12:33
Not a GRP replica, is it? I thought I saw something about one recently at Duxford…
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