A ‘Spit’ fit for heroes

The combat record of Spitfire LFVc AR501, now flying again following restoration by the Shuttleworth Collection, helps recall some of the great Czechoslovak pilots who flew it on operations SPITFIRE AR501 FIRST AIR-TO-AIRS Stu Goldspink flying the Shuttleworth Collection’s Spitfire LFVc AR501 near its Old Warden base. The aircraft has been put into the markings of the second of the two Czechoslovakmanned units with which it served, No 312 Squadron. AIR-TO-AIR PHOTOGRAPHY: DARREN HARBAR It started out as a hero’s