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MH434 - Spitfire LF.IXb
c/n CBAF.IX552
Spitfire LF.IXb
Merlin 66
G-ASJV
Old Flying Machine Company/ Merlin Aviation Ltd., Duxford
Spitfire LF.IXb
Merlin 66
G-ASJV
Old Flying Machine Company/ Merlin Aviation Ltd., Duxford
De MH434 was aan het eind van de jaren '60 één van de eerste warbirds. Sindsdien is het iconische vliegtuig zo goed als onafgebroken in de lucht geweest. De MH434 zal voor altijd verbonden blijven aan twee van haar voormalige eigenaren én vliegers, Ray Hanna en Mark Hanna.
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Op 19 augustus 1941 claimde 'Pat' Lardner-Burke van 126 Squadron 2 Italiaanse MC.200s en 1 beschadigde MC.200. Op 25 augustus claimde hij, vliegend in Hurricane II Z2825, opnieuw een MC.200. Zo ook op 4 september (in Hurricane Z3521) en op 8 november claimde hij een MC.202 (in Hurricane BD789) en tijdens deze sortie claimde hij ook nog een MC.202 als zijnde beschadigd. De neergehaalde MC.202 zou gevlogen zijn door Capitano Mario Pluda.
Ondanks het feit, dat hij 5 Italianen als neergeschoten claimde, zijn er 4 Italiaanse overwinningstekens toegekend. De Duitse overwinningen werden in 1943 bij 222 (Natal) Squadron, vliegende met de Spitfire IX behaald. |
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Op 27 augustus 1943 claimde hij een Fw 190 in de buurt van St. Omer. Op deze dag claimde hij ook de beschadiging van een Fw 190 nabij deze Noord-Franse stad. Op 5 september 1943 opnieuw een Fw 190 in de buurt van Nieuport. Vervolgens moest hij op 8 september 1943 een Bf 109G tijdens een sortie boven Noord-Frankrijk delen. De naam 'Mylcraine' is die van Lardner-Burke's vrouw.
MH434 landt op de grasbaan van het voormalige RAF Rougham (Bury St. Edmunds), hier gevlogen door Brian Smith. Rougham, 16 augustus 2009.
History of Spitfire MH434
Built at Castle Bromwich in 0843 as standard LF.IXb; Ff by Alex Henshaw on ...
Allocated to 222 (Natal) Sq on ....; in service with 222 Sq at RAF Hornchurch on 190843.
Credited with a Fw 190 victory on 270843 during an escort sortie in the Mardyk area in France, whilst piloted by F/L H.P. Lardner-Burke, DFC.
Another Fw 190 claimed damaged on 270843.
Fw 190 claimed destroyed on 050943 near Nieuwpoort; Bf 109F shared on 080943.
To 350 Sq, RAF Hornchurch, in early 1944; returned to 222 Sq in 0344.
To 84 GSU in 0344 (for repairs ?).
To 349 Sq in ......
Repaired on site after damage sustained on 070744.
To 76 MU, Wroughton on 270746; for disposal.
Allocated for service with Netherlands Air Force; sold to the Netherlands on 190247.
Left Tilbury Docks on SS Rotti on 190547 for shipment to Java, Netherlands East Indies.
Arrived at Tandjong Priok on 130747. Transported by train to Pasir Boengoer and from there to Kalidjati airfield.
Ff from Kalidjati by 'Tub' Bruggink on 311047; used for testing of 90 gallon drop tank on 171147.
With 322 Sq on 221247 at Semarang as 'H-105' and also in 0748, with code changed to 'H-68'. Noted with the unit on 191248.
Crash landed short of fuel by Lt Gerard Nijwening at Semarang, Java on 150449. Repaired and flown from 200549.
All operational flying by 322 Spitfires ended 0849. Flown to Andir depot.
'H-105' noted at Air Depot at Andir in 0949.
Shipped to the Netherlands in summer of 1950.
Sold to Belgian Government on 300452.
Ff after rebuild by Fokker on 100353 and 290453 (piloted by 'Jas' Mol). More test flights were needed as problems were found with the propeller and oxygen system.
Transferred to/accepted by Belgian Air Force on 091053 as 'SM-41'.
Ecole Pilotage Avance as 'SM-41'
Damaged in accident on 190354; wfu.
With No. 13 Wing, Brustem in 0554.
Reg. OO-ARA for COGEA Nouvelle, Oostende, Belgium on 230356 until 1963. Used as target tug.
Sold to Tim A. Davies on 290663, arriving at Stansted on this day. Flown to Elstree for overhaul.
Reg. G-ASJV for Tim A. Davies, Elstree on 020763.
Merlin 76 installed
To T.G. 'Hamish' Mahaddie/Film Aviation Services in 1167 for use in Battle of Britain movie.
To Adrian C. Swire, Booker/Duxford in 0269 until 1983. Marked as 'AC-S'.
As 'AC-S' in "A Bridge too far" movie (...)
Auctioned at Christie's Duxford sale (for an at that time staggering £ 260,000) and acquired by Ray G. Hanna/Nalfire Aviation Ltd., Duxford on 140483.
Old Flying Machine Company (OFMC) Duxford (...)
Complete rebuild in 1985.
‘NS-K’, Piece of Cake (1988).
‘CK-D’, BelgianAF markings. (0592).
‘AV-H’, 121 Sq. (0692).
‘ZD-B’, 222 Sq. (0695).
‘MN-B’, 350 Sq. (0296).
‘SZ-G’, 316 Sq. (0598) and also in 0804.
Presentation Scheme in 0798.
Noted stored at Duxford without engine in 0799. Under M, u/c, u/m in H4 at Duxford on 170899.
‘GE-X’, 349 Sq in 0802.
Returned to Aw status as 'ZD-B', 222 (Natal) Squadron.
Aw at Duxford, last noted Aw during Flying Legends 2018 on 14/150718.
As "AC-S' on 18 September 2018 for the tribute to Sir Adrian Swire over the Church of the Holy Rood, Sparsholt, Hampshire.
(c/n quoted in British register: CBAF.5562 ??, as reported in SC0701).
Allocated to 222 (Natal) Sq on ....; in service with 222 Sq at RAF Hornchurch on 190843.
Credited with a Fw 190 victory on 270843 during an escort sortie in the Mardyk area in France, whilst piloted by F/L H.P. Lardner-Burke, DFC.
Another Fw 190 claimed damaged on 270843.
Fw 190 claimed destroyed on 050943 near Nieuwpoort; Bf 109F shared on 080943.
To 350 Sq, RAF Hornchurch, in early 1944; returned to 222 Sq in 0344.
To 84 GSU in 0344 (for repairs ?).
To 349 Sq in ......
Repaired on site after damage sustained on 070744.
To 76 MU, Wroughton on 270746; for disposal.
Allocated for service with Netherlands Air Force; sold to the Netherlands on 190247.
Left Tilbury Docks on SS Rotti on 190547 for shipment to Java, Netherlands East Indies.
Arrived at Tandjong Priok on 130747. Transported by train to Pasir Boengoer and from there to Kalidjati airfield.
Ff from Kalidjati by 'Tub' Bruggink on 311047; used for testing of 90 gallon drop tank on 171147.
With 322 Sq on 221247 at Semarang as 'H-105' and also in 0748, with code changed to 'H-68'. Noted with the unit on 191248.
Crash landed short of fuel by Lt Gerard Nijwening at Semarang, Java on 150449. Repaired and flown from 200549.
All operational flying by 322 Spitfires ended 0849. Flown to Andir depot.
'H-105' noted at Air Depot at Andir in 0949.
Shipped to the Netherlands in summer of 1950.
Sold to Belgian Government on 300452.
Ff after rebuild by Fokker on 100353 and 290453 (piloted by 'Jas' Mol). More test flights were needed as problems were found with the propeller and oxygen system.
Transferred to/accepted by Belgian Air Force on 091053 as 'SM-41'.
Ecole Pilotage Avance as 'SM-41'
Damaged in accident on 190354; wfu.
With No. 13 Wing, Brustem in 0554.
Reg. OO-ARA for COGEA Nouvelle, Oostende, Belgium on 230356 until 1963. Used as target tug.
Sold to Tim A. Davies on 290663, arriving at Stansted on this day. Flown to Elstree for overhaul.
Reg. G-ASJV for Tim A. Davies, Elstree on 020763.
Merlin 76 installed
To T.G. 'Hamish' Mahaddie/Film Aviation Services in 1167 for use in Battle of Britain movie.
To Adrian C. Swire, Booker/Duxford in 0269 until 1983. Marked as 'AC-S'.
As 'AC-S' in "A Bridge too far" movie (...)
Auctioned at Christie's Duxford sale (for an at that time staggering £ 260,000) and acquired by Ray G. Hanna/Nalfire Aviation Ltd., Duxford on 140483.
Old Flying Machine Company (OFMC) Duxford (...)
Complete rebuild in 1985.
‘NS-K’, Piece of Cake (1988).
‘CK-D’, BelgianAF markings. (0592).
‘AV-H’, 121 Sq. (0692).
‘ZD-B’, 222 Sq. (0695).
‘MN-B’, 350 Sq. (0296).
‘SZ-G’, 316 Sq. (0598) and also in 0804.
Presentation Scheme in 0798.
Noted stored at Duxford without engine in 0799. Under M, u/c, u/m in H4 at Duxford on 170899.
‘GE-X’, 349 Sq in 0802.
Returned to Aw status as 'ZD-B', 222 (Natal) Squadron.
Aw at Duxford, last noted Aw during Flying Legends 2018 on 14/150718.
As "AC-S' on 18 September 2018 for the tribute to Sir Adrian Swire over the Church of the Holy Rood, Sparsholt, Hampshire.
(c/n quoted in British register: CBAF.5562 ??, as reported in SC0701).
Sources
Aces High (Vol.I), p.388, Christopher Shores and Clive Williams, Grub Street
Dutch Spitfire (Vol.I and II), Harry van der Meer, (with Theo Melchers Vo.II), Airnews Nederland/Netherlands Spitfire Society
Spitfire International, Helmut Terbeck, Harry van der Meer, Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain
Warbirds Directory 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition, John Chapman, Geoff Goodall, Ed by Paul Coggan, WarbirdsMedia Company
Wrecks & Relics, Ken Ellis, Editions 10 to 26, Midland Counties/Crécy Publications
Dutch Spitfire (Vol.I and II), Harry van der Meer, (with Theo Melchers Vo.II), Airnews Nederland/Netherlands Spitfire Society
Spitfire International, Helmut Terbeck, Harry van der Meer, Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain
Warbirds Directory 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition, John Chapman, Geoff Goodall, Ed by Paul Coggan, WarbirdsMedia Company
Wrecks & Relics, Ken Ellis, Editions 10 to 26, Midland Counties/Crécy Publications
MH434 in de start vanaf Duxford, 14 juli 2018.