P42408 is ex RAF VT833 and entered Norwegian service with C Flight of 331 Skvadron, later renamed 336 Svadron. The Spitfire is a full-scale model (FSM) of MA755, an F.IXc of the Norwegian 331 Squadron, RAF, at North Weald in March 1943.
Manufactured in 1948, this Vampire served with RCAF fighter squadrons and an operational training unit until stored in 1956. It was transferred to the museum in 1964.