I was at Apex corner around 15.45 on Friday 13th, when I saw the fuselage of an early Mk of Spitfire heading South from M25 towards presumably Hendon Museum.
Does anyone know anything about this aircraft, and why it was being moved? The prop and wings were removed, but the fuselage was very intact.
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th September 2013 at 00:21
Funny you should mention sand…..! 🙂
By: Rat Acc - 14th September 2013 at 20:46
And just for you Circus 6, out in the land where the sun always shines and the streets are paved with…sand…
By: CIRCUS 6 - 14th September 2013 at 20:18
Would that be the 19 that departed Stafford?
By: Arabella-Cox - 14th September 2013 at 18:20
But you may have seen a certain later mark of Spitfire leaving a certain RAFM establishment in recent times, though! 😉
By: 880squadron - 14th September 2013 at 16:40
It’s a FSM – see reference to it in this link:
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats-going-on/events/battle-of-britain-week/Tim
That would explain perfectly why it is not being flown !
But they already have a model in the entrance next to the Hurricane. I presume you can get up close and personal to the full scale model, but I would prefer to see the real thing.
It is not every day you see a Spitfire fuselage being transported, so I was curious as to why it was being moved by road, and not flown.
By: Consul - 14th September 2013 at 15:12
It’s a FSM – see reference to it in this link:
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats-going-on/events/battle-of-britain-week/
Tim
By: Trolly Aux - 14th September 2013 at 13:21
Battle of Britain weekend at Hendon this weekend so maybe heading for there or another celebration, could of been a plastic one I suppose.
Sign In
September 14, 2013 at 1:07 pm