File:Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXe ‘MH350 FN-T’ (49255572907).jpg
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c/n CBAF.IX490 Built 1943 for RAF service. Active with 332 (Norwegian) sqn from Spring 1945, she was fully transferred to Royal Norwegian Air Force in November 1945. Last flew 15th November 1951 and retired for preservation. Although she is a genuine 331sqn aircraft, she actually flew with the unit as FN-M and was only repainted as FN-T after retirement. Unusually, she has underwing bomb racks. I can’t remember seeing any other preserved Spitfire fitted with them. On display in the Military Aircraft Hall of the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum (Norwegian Aviation Museum). Bodø, Northern Norway 24th May 2019 The following information is from the Museum website:- “Two Norwegian fighter squadrons, 331 and 332 Squadrons, were established in England during the Second World War and from 1942 they comprised No. 132 (Norwegian) Wing. The squadrons flew several different variants of the Spitfire, namely models IIa, Va, Vb and IXe. Altogether the Norwegian squadrons operated 528 Spitfires between 1942 and 1945 with good results. After the war the RNoAF received a further 35 Spitfires. The Photographic Flight was the last RNoAF unit to use this type of aircraft, which remained in service until 1954. The Royal Norwegian Air Force Museum’s Spitfire LF. Mk. IXe has works number MH350 and was allocated to 485(NZ) Squadron in 1943 with the squadron code OU. One year later the aircraft suffered an accident and after repairs it was transferred in the spring of 1945 to 332 Norwegian Squadron and given the code letters AH-V. On 22 May 1945 AH-V was one of the 36 Spitfires that flew home to Norway after the end of the war. In 1947 the aircraft became Norwegian property and was transferred from the RAF to the RNoAF. In Norway, 331 Squadron took over the aircraft in 1949 and gave it the code letters FN-M. After the end of the Spitfire era in the RNoAF, FN-M was put into storage for future conservation. As an exhibition aircraft for 331 Squadron it was re-painted in the early 1960s and given the registration letters FN-T.” |
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| Source | Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXe ‘MH350 / FN-T’ |
| Author | Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK |
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