SOLD £1.7 MILLION SPITFIRE BONEHAMS AUCTION restored Plane originally built b4 end WW2

SOLD for $$ 3 million ( £1.7 MILLION )SPITFIRE BONEHAMS AUCTION april 2009 restored Plane originally built b4 end WW2
The 1945 Supermarine Spitfire MK XVI being auctioned at Bonhams & Goodman PICTURE http://www.flickr.com/photos/7320687@N02/3423869297/


The original Spitfire MK XVI was completed in late April 1945, just days before the Germans surrendered.


Now it is to be sold at a collection of motor cars and aircraft by Bonhams in New Zealand


This example saw active service after being constructed at the Castle Bromwich works in the West Midlands and accepted by RAF Cosford in Shropshire.


Later it was flown in the 1957 Battle of Britain Memorial flight before being donated to the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1959, where it was displayed for the next 38 years.


James Slade, a Hong Kong based businessman and aviation enthusiast, began to restore the aircraft when he bought it in 1997, before selling it to the current owner two years later.

article in TIMES today saturday 14th FEB auction will be at RAF museum 20th april .. i read

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