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Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb/
BM597/(G-MKVB)/(Cn: CBAF 2461)

 BM597 History:

1942 - Built at Castle Bromwich. Delivered to RAF as BM597
May 1942 - Assigned to 37MU Burtonwood.
May 1942  - Transferred to 315 (Polish) Sqn, as PK-C, Woodvale.
Sep 1942  - Transferred to 317 (Polish) Sqn, as JH-C, Woodvale.
Feb 1943 - Damaged in landing accident, Cat B, Delivered to de Havilland for repairs.
Jun 1943  - Delivered to 33MU, Lyneham.
Jun 1943  - Delivered to Vickers Armstrong for modification.
Nov 1943 - Delivered to 39MU, Colerne.
Jan 1944  - Delivered to 222MU, High Ercall.
Apr 1944 -  Delivered to 39MU, Colerne.
Apr 1945  - Assigned to 58 OUT, Grangemouth.
Oct 1945  - Retired from Service transferred to 4 SoTT, St. Athan as instructional airframe 5713M.
1950/55   - Gate Guard Hednesford
1955/60  - Gate guard Bridgenorth
1960/67  - Gate guard Church Fenton.
1967/69  - Henlow then Pinewood Studios and used as master model for fibre glass Spitfire replicas and as a static aircraft in the Battle of Britain movie.
1969/75  - Gate guard Church Fenton
1975/79  - Gate guard on loan to Linton-on-Ouse
1979/89  - Gate guard Church Fenton
1989  - Acquired by Tim Routsis founder of Historic Flying Ltd.
1989/02  - Audley End for a complete restoration to fly to original specification and registered as
G-MKVB. Sold to The Historic Flying Collection in 1993.
1997 - First flight.

Hawker Hurricane Mk XIIa/Z5140(RCAF5711)/
(G-HURI)/(Cn: Canadian Car Foundry 72036)

Z5140 History:

1942  - Built at the Canadian Car Foundry, Fort William, Canada.
JAN 1943  - Delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force as 5711 and served with No 123 Sqdn at Debert, No 127 & No 129 Sqn and No 1 Operational Training Unit at Bagotville.
JUL 1947  - Struck of Charge.
1970  - Wreck acquired by the Air Museum of Canada, Calgary.
1975/1982   - Acquired by Rem Walker, Regina Saskatchewan and restored using parts from RCAF5625, 5547 & 5424.
DEC 1982 - Acquired by B.J.S. Grey, Duxford and shipped from Canada.
1983/2002  - The Fighter Collection, Duxford. Registered as G-HURI and rebuilt by Paul Mercer from 1985 with a first flight in SEPT 1989 as Z7381/XR-T.
AUG 2002  -Historic Aircraft Collection, Duxford.
2004   - Following 18 months of maintenance and repairs, G-HURI flew in the markings of Z5140
/HA-C as worn by No 120 Sqn during the seige of Malta in 1941.
2010  - Aircraft up for sale.

Hawker Nimrod Mk II/S/N 41H-59890
/K3661/562/(G-BURZ)

K3661 History:

September 1934  - K3661 rolled of production line.
December 1934 - Delivered to No 2 Aircraft Storage Unit, Cardington.
October 1936 - Delivered to No 47 Maintenance Unit, Sealand
October 1936 - Delivered to No 802 Sqn Hal Far with code number 562.
June 1938 - Remained with No 802 Sqn which included two repairable accidents and then returned to the UK.
May 1939 - Placed on Admiralty Charge (Fleet Air Arm)
December 1939 - Delivered to Lee on Solent for storage. Official records stop at this point.
???? - Moved to HMS Deadulus II (RAF Lympne) as ground instructional airframe.
???? - K3661 now with No 305 Sqdn Air Training Corps, Ashford, Kent.
1972 - Substantial remains of K3661 discovered in council dump, Ashford, donated to RAF Museum and held at RAF Henlow.
1991 - Remains acquired by Mick Cookman when the RAF Museum storage facility at Henlow closed.
August 1991 - Aero Vintage Ltd became the new owner of K3661 minus the Kestral engine that was later obtained from Canada.
December 1992 - Registered as G-BURZ to Aero Vintage Ltd and restoration to flying condition starts
January 1993 - Ownership transferred to Historic Aircraft Collection.
November 2006 - First flight at Duxford.

Hawker Fury F Mk 1/C/N 409396/35/
S/N 41H-67550/ K5674/(G-CBZP)

K5674 History:

November 1935 - Delivered to No 2 Aircraft Storage Unit, Cardington.
June 1936 - Delivered to No 43 Sqdn, Tangmere.
February 1939 - Delivered to No 5 Maintenance Unit, Kemble.
July 1940 - Delivered to No 47 Maintenance Unit, Sealand.
August 1940 - Departed UK for delivery to South African Air Force.
October 1940 - Arrived Durban as deck cargo.
March 1941 - Delivered to No 13 Sqdn South African Air Force.
March 1941 - Ran out of fuel, force landed with Cat 2 damage, stored and scrapped at No 2 Air Depot, Kimberley.
1994 - Acquired by Guy Black and recovered from a farm in South Africa.
April 2003 - Registered as G-CBZP to Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd during rebuild to flight by Retrotech, St Leonards-on-Sea.
June 2011 - Transported to Duxford for final assembly and engine runs prior to first flight.
???? - First Flight