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Hurricane in Malvern?

Along the lines of Creaking Doors post about a Spitfire near Birmingham, my dad keeps telling me stories about a Hurricane that was on display at an ATC unit I think, on Sling Lane in Malvern. He thinks it went to Perdiswell in the early 60s.

Any have any info or a pic?

Thanks
Steve

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By: paulmcmillan - 13th October 2008 at 09:03

Is this the first memory in which the aircraft is believed to not be a Spitfire! when it actually was?

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By: wcfcfan - 12th October 2008 at 21:47

Thanks Mark, is there anything you don’t know about Spits!?

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By: Mark12 - 12th October 2008 at 21:36

When was it scrapped?

This link – http://jaganpvs.tripod.com/Spits.htm
suggests it is stored at RAF Shawbury. I realise this may be a few years out of date, siting Cardington as the home of the RAF Museum Reserve?

Confusion with LA226, which was for a time stored at Shawbury.

My guess is that it was scrapped in the late 1950’s.

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By: wcfcfan - 12th October 2008 at 20:34

When was it scrapped?

This link – http://jaganpvs.tripod.com/Spits.htm
suggests it is stored at RAF Shawbury. I realise this may be a few years out of date, siting Cardington as the home of the RAF Museum Reserve?

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By: wcfcfan - 12th October 2008 at 20:28

Answered my own question –

http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1050446M.jpg

And it is the one, my Dad used to live in one of the houses just out of shot

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By: wcfcfan - 12th October 2008 at 20:26

Hmm, I wonder if that’s the one….

I don’t suppose any pics exist?

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By: Mark12 - 12th October 2008 at 20:13

Certainly there was a Spitfire at Malvern…with the ATC.

Mk 21, LA228, coded F, silver finish.

Alas, scrapped.

Mark

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