SPITFIRE MUST NOT BE MISSED AT HISTORICAL AIRSHOW 2024!

We have presented the Spitfire aircraft several times in the past years. But it will be shown for the first time here in the Mk.XIV version.
This particular piece was delivered to the Royal Air Force in January 1945 and assigned to Canada’s No. 430 Squadron based at Eindhoven, Holland, where it flew with the code G9-X. RM927, assigned to the Second Tactical Air Force.
It is one of the few Griffon-engined Spitfires that participated in combat and reconnaissance missions on the European front. On 9 March 1945, RM927 was damaged by flak in flight just behind the cockpit, resulting in its withdrawal from the line.
Stored, it was sold to the Belgian Air Force in November 1947, where it received the serial number SG-25 and the code 3R-D. It was used by young pilots from Koksijde and some time later it was repainted in metallic gray color with IQ-W codes.
Accidentally damaged in 1952, RM927 was grounded and stored before being scrapped for good in 1954.
The aircraft then traveled from workshop to workshop without its renovation being completed.
The RM927 was finally acquired by the French W Air Collection in late 2020.