Spitfire AR501 at 75
This summer the
Shuttleworth Collection’s
Vickers Supermarine
Spitfire F.MkVc AR501 will
flyagainafteranepic ten
year restoration
programme. In Part 1
Gary Browndetails the
history of AR501, built
by the Yeovil-based
Westland Aircraft
company in June 1942.
AR501 shortly after delivery to Loughborough in October 1947.
Undergoing restoration
atDuxford with the civil
registration applied
using masking tape.