Seen here on the Duxford turf a month before ‘Grumpy’ would cross the Atlantic on 29 August 2009, bound for Seattle, Washington State. She represents Mitchell III HD372 ‘VO-B', No.98 Squadron as based at RAF Dunsfold.
During its second flight following maintenance the Hawker Sea Fury T MK.20 as G-INVN made a forced landing following engine failure, near Button End, Cambridgeshire, 4th August 2020. The pilots survived!
MV293 with its 36.7 litre RR Griffon 65 being prepared for the 2011 display season in the TFC hangar. The Spitfire is now based at Sywell aerodrome with Anglia Aircraft Restorations Ltd., still in her J.E. 'Johnnie' Johnson colours, with serial MV268.
P-47D 42-74742 of the 84th FS was assigned to Capt. Julius P. Maxwell. He named her 'War Eagle'. When re-assigned to Lt. Severino B. Calderon, the name 'Snafu' was added. The P-47 was written-off after a belly landing at Duxford on 15 December 1944.