TD314 was built at Castle Bromwich in late 1944 and fitted with a Merlin 70. She was one of the last high back Spitfires built as the production line switched to low back aircraft in February of 1945.TD314 moved to 234 Squadron at Bentwaters on 26th July 1945, it is in this squadrons colours that she is currently finished with the squadron codes of FX-P.In early 1948 TD314 was selected to be sold to the South African Air Force and she was sent to 47 MU RAF Sealand where she was packed for shipment, leaving Birkenhead and arriving at Cape Town on the 12th May 1948. Details of her use with the SAAF are not known but she was sold for scrapping to the South African Metal & Machinery CO, Salt River, Cape Town, in 1954. She remained in the scrap yard until recovered by Larry Barnett of Johannesburg in 1969.
She passed through several owners before arriving in the UK in 2009. Acquired by Aero Legends in 2011, restoration commenced at Biggin Hill culminating in a first flight on the 7th December 2013.
