PL344 was built by Vickers-Armstrong at Castle Bromwich in early 1944. She was delivered to 8 Maintenance Unit on March 1st. After a short period of storage she was delivered to 602 Sqn (Squadron) on August, 24 1944. Her last unit was 129 Sqn at Church Fenton in 1946.
After an extensive period of restoration she made her first post-restoration flight at Duxford October 24, 2007.