Cking
January 25, 2014 at 7:02 pm

Changi Spitfire.

My late Father was stationed at RAF Changi from 1959 to 1961. During this time he took these pictures. On the back of one of them he wrote “My Spitfire” Un fortunately I cannot ask him about the pictures. 🙁
I Googled the serial number and our good friend “Mark12” has mentioned it here in the past.

http://s101.photobucket.com/user/Cking507/media/Changi%20Spitfire/Spit1.jpg.html

http://s101.photobucket.com/user/Cking507/media/Changi%20Spitfire/Spit2.jpg.html

http://s101.photobucket.com/user/Cking507/media/Changi%20Spitfire/Spit3.jpg.html

http://s101.photobucket.com/user/Cking507/media/Changi%20Spitfire/Spit5.jpg.html

I hope these might be of interest

Rgds Cking

Member for:

19 years 1 month

Posts:

839

Send private message

By: G-ORDY - 27th January 2014 at 16:39

I am guessing here but I very much suspect that these four photos were taken when PK683/7150M was moved from the Singapore Air Training Corps’ H.Q. at Kallang Airport to its new location outside the Officers’ Mess at Fairey Point, RAF Changi – after which the codes were changed to “QV-A”. Whilst with the ATC the port side was coded “I-QV” and the starboard as “VQ-I” … as shown in these photos. We have shots before and after the move on page 310 of Volume II. The move took place after August 1960 and it was at Changi by 1961.

Here she is on 1 May 2012 …

Member for:

19 years 1 month

Posts:

7,892

Send private message

By: trumper - 25th January 2014 at 22:33

To save anyone else googling http://www.warbirdregistry.org/spitregistry/spitfire-pk683.html

Spitfire F Mk.24 PK683 is on display at Solent Sky in Southampton.

Assuming it hasn’t been moved.

Member for:

19 years 1 month

Posts:

369

Send private message

By: peppermint_jam - 25th January 2014 at 22:06

Interesting pics, thanks for sharing. So what became of her?

*Ignore that, just googled it!