Beetle2
August 29, 2006 at 11:39 pm

Spitfire Model – Vickers or RR?

Attached photos of a Spitfire model I’m sure some will enjoy. I believe such models were presented to station commanders by either Vickers or Rolls Royce when the Spitfire first went out to Squadrons. Someone may have more details?

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By: cypherus - 28th September 2006 at 01:59

Just picked up on this thread, interesting as I have one of those sitting on my desk here now, been around in the family for ever, gets lost for a while then turns up again, originally it had some paint and a small label but all that remains is the outline of the paint were the brass has been polished back and the rivet holes for the label, no matter I like it.

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By: bgrose - 27th September 2006 at 13:17

Dear Sir,
One of these models was presented to 81 Squadron at RAF Seletar in 1954.
81 Squadron PR Unit flew ‘THE LAST!’ Spitfire PRXIX – PS888 on its last official sortie on 1st April 1954. Later it was sold to the Royal Thai Air Force with two others as Instructional Airframes, with spare R-R Griffon engines.
The whereabouts of the model is unknown
The ’81 Squardon Association’ formed in Sept 2005 is trying to locate it.
Web site for the association is: http://81squad.netfirms.com/.

Cheers
Brian Rose.
Archivist.
81 Squadron Association.