Nice work Jack.

However there’s a big gap between the aircraft’s Newark PoE date on 24Jan45 and the 20Apr45 snapshot; and then from there to the 10Oct45 RetUS date: do you know where the aircraft was for that whole period in theatre?

…and put your hands in your pockets for something truly worthwhile! :eagerness:

Just tried to donate but got a ‘Bad Gateway’ message. Would love to help if you can fix it!

They look like US rivets: is it a possibility?

I’d rather it rotted outside at somewhere like Duxford while still looking tasty enough to inspire the next generation of pilots/engineers, yeah so its not ideal to keep them outside but sometimes things end up coming in after their tour on the gate and that’s how rare beasts are made! I get sick of reading negative comments aimed at people who try to the best with what they have………

Various thumbs up to that one. Lots of good people are trying to do good things and often in ‘pointless’ work on subjects which ‘the public won’t be interested in’. Fortunately it doesn’t deter those good folks and thankfully our aviation heritage isn’t presented to future generations as just being a couple of Spitfires and a Tornado.

Let’s hope it gets saved: I’d rather see a static DC.6 than yet another bl00dy Spitfire replica!

All shameful really – but is it within the law? I’m assuming that yes it is, since I imagine that these individuals haven’t emptied the pot fully and so can claim that the charity is doing business.

I have to admit to a mild admiration for pulling it off, but that is heavily outweighed by the rage I feel for the waste of good people’s money; and the inevitable detrimental effect it will have on genuine charities.

Quite so – the fuselage in question is a new-build one.

So much the same as most other Spitfires: in fact more of the original left than most, so in my humble opinion more deserving of a return to flight.