50 Spitfires were acquired, serialled 31001 to 31050. In 1982 this 51th example was bought from Indian stocks to represent s Swedish S 31. It is in full F11 markings.
At the time PS890 left the Southampton production line in the spring of 1945, it was powered by a Griffon 66. Since a major overhaul in the winter of 2008/09 a Rolls Royce Griffon 60 is fitted. F-AZJS is based at Dijon-Darois, France.
The french part of Switzerland is well known for housing some special events with a lot of warbirds. Together with the FAI 2005 championships we saw an very impressive show of two days. Christophe Jacquard presents his impressive PR.XIX .