Spitfire 21 At Millbank

It’s like finding a lost piece of a jigsaw!  Many thanks.

Taken 29/07/1976 when I worked in the area.

I can also remember seeing it there during an ATC trip to London – miserable bus driver would not stop so we could have a look though 🙁

Spit 21 LA226 at Millbank

Spitfire Mk 21 at Millbank.

Mark

Image: Wojtek Matusiak collection.

Can I use this photo for my planned book. See www.pilotspals2010.com
Thanks Joe

LA255 in the same time period.

Thanks Mark great picture!
That canopy looks quite bulbous compared to other marks doesnt it?

Graham

Spitfire mk21 at Millbank

Spitfire Mk 21 at Millbank.

Mark

Image: Wojtek Matusiak collection.

Thanks Mark great picture!
That canopy looks quite bulbous compared to other marks doesnt it?

Graham

I had a feeling it was LA198 and it would have been after 1976 when I saw it

Ooops, and to think that less than ten years later I would be working in the Millbank Tower annexe right behind the Spitfire…

Spitfire Mk 21 at Millbank.

Mark

Image: Wojtek Matusiak collection.

I also remember seeing LA226 on the gate Biggin Hill in the early eighties.

Septic.

LA226.

Mark

would the 1974 or 1976 “Wrecks & Relics” list it??? (mine aren’t to hand)

Roger Smith

I had a feeling it was LA198 and it would have been after 1976 when I saw it

I would suspect it might have been the 21 which came from South Marston via RAF Locking. (LA198?) “Our” Mk.21 LA255 was at Wittering throughout the 70’s.

John

Does anyone remember a Spitfire MK21 displayed for a short time at the base of the Vickers building in Millbank London in the mid 1970s.
I was about 11 at the time which would make it 1975? I believe it was LA255

Was it not LA226, which was normally the gate guard at the Vickers factory at South Marston?

Hi Graham,
I too saw it at Millbank and thought that was ‘rather cool’ at the age of about 10. I’ve asked around, but never come across even one photo, which seems odd. Even Mark12 doesn’t seem to have one. 🙁
Let’s hope your enquiry nets something!