[High Flight] Spitfire TE508 ’Grey Nurse’

🎯 Загружено автоматически через бота: 🚫 Оригинал видео: 📺 Данное видео является собственностью канала High Flight. Оно представлено в нашем сообществе исключительно в информационных, научных, образовательных или культурных целях. Наше сообщество не утверждает никаких прав на данное видео. Пожалуйста, поддержите автора, посетив его оригинальный канал: @HighFlight. ✉️ Если у вас есть претензии к авторским правам на данное видео, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами по почте support@, и мы немедленно удалим его. 📃 Оригинальное описание: Supermarine Spitfire T , TE308, ’Grey Nurse’, in action with at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford on 13 April 2024. Spitfire TE308 was built at Castle Bromwich and delivered to 39 Maintenance Unit (MU), RAF Colerne in summer 1945. This ‘low back’ Mk IXe single seat Spitfire never saw combat and ended the second world war in storage where it stayed until 1950. It was then transferred to 29 MU High Ercall, before being sold to Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. It was chosen as part of a batch of single seat Spitfires for conversion to two-cockpit, armed training aircraft, destined for international military sales. It is believed TE308 was bound for Egypt but the sale never happened. With an absence of affiliation to an active RAF squadron it was decided to do something more unusual with the livery of this aircraft. TE308 currently flies in homage to the striking designs carried by the 457 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. All of the squadron’s Spitfires were painted with a shark’s mouth, giving them the nickname of the ‘Grey Nurse Squadron’. The Squadron had some notable characters including Pete Brothers, Clive ‘Killer’ Caldwell and Bruce Watson. Initially formed in 1941 and based in Southern England under Squadron Leader Pete Brothers, they flew missions over Nazi-occupied France, made up almost exclusively by Australian pilots and crew later transferring to Darwin as part of No.1 wing Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and seeing action in the South Pacific. Later moving to Morotai (Indonesia) and Labuan (Malaysia) the squadron took part in operations against Japanese forces before being disbanded on November 7th 1945. The Spitfire wears the registration A58-606 and the squadron code ZP-W as flown by 457’s Squadron Leader Bruce Watson. Following the T IX two seat conversion, TE308 joined five other two seat Spitfires which were sent to the Irish Air Corps (IAC) in 1951. Marked as ‘163’ in the distinctive Irish green colours the aircraft flew alongside ‘159’ (MJ772) and ‘158’ (MJ627) both of which also form part of the fleet at Biggin Hill. After decommissioning in 1968 the aircraft was purchased, overhauled, registered as G-AWGB and then leased to Spitfire Productions Ltd for use in filming ‘The Battle of Britain’ with stints in the UK and France. After a time in storage and changes of ownership in the UK, TE308 was purchased by Canadian businessmen Don Plumb and Jerry Billing who refurbished the aircraft in Ontario. Flown initially in 2 seater configuration and then with a fairing that covered the rear cockpit. Further changes of ownership saw the aircraft move to transport museums in Maine and Arizona. In 1983 the aircraft moved to Aspen, Colorado and was a regular on the North American display circuit for 25 years. Following a ground collision with a Hurricane in Texas in 2008, the aircraft was restored in Colorado before being purchased by Warbird Experiences Ltd of Biggin Hill where it was comprehensively inspected and overhauled. This Video and Audio content is Copyright © 2024 StephenKeeler (HightFlight/SkyHighFlightTV) All Rights Reserved