The recovery. over 45 years later in 1986, spitfire n3200 emerged from the sand on a french beach. strong currents had revealed the crashed aircraft, and so began the process of excavating the wreck, which although largely intact, not much could be salvaged. the spitfire’s pilot, geoffrey stephenson, survived the war but was not able to see. N3200. spitfire i n3200 (g cfgj) is perhaps the most authentic airworthy spitfire to be seen anywhere in the world, as well as representing such an early mark of this most famous of fighters. the spitfire i was the first production example of rj mitchell’s original design, modified and improved since the prototype made the type’s maiden.
Spitfire. lost for almost 50 years. built at southampton in 1939, this supermarine spitfire mark 1a was issued to no. 19 squadron at raf duxford in april 1940. on 10 may 1940, germany invaded france and the low countries, pushing the british expeditionary force (bef), along with french and belgian troops, back to the french port of dunkirk. N3200 is a special aircraft. this combat veteran mk i spitfire flew with 19 squadron from raf duxford and was lost in 1940 on the day the dunkirk evacuation began. shot down and crash landing on the beach, it sank into the sand and remained there for over 45 years. after being recovered and restored to flying condition, n3200 is now based at. Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in 11.23 m. engine: rolls royce merlin ii (xii) maximum speed: 557 kmh 346 mph. range: 668 km 415 miles. armament: 8 x 7.69 mm machine guns in the wing. built at vickers armstrong (supermarine) ltd southampton in early 1939, spitfire n3200 left the production line as part of a batch of 200 aircraft configured as mk1a and was. Amongst the historic aircraft association top ten list of our list of ‘national treasures’ is spitfire mk.1 n3200. this is a survivor from the battle of france and thus is a very early mark spitfire from before the battle of britain. n3200 served with 19 squadron at duxford during the battle of france. on 26 th of may 1940 it was flown by.
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