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Here are some late evening screenshots of the A2A Spitfire Mk.1a in P3Dv5, with a repaint by avi8tor4321 of the Suttleworth Collection's Spitfire Mk.V AR501, G-AWII, in one of its old schemes it wore prior to its 2005-2018 restoration, at its home airfield of Old Warden by ORBX.
AR501 was built by Westland Aircraft and assigned to No 310 (Czech) Squadron based at Duxford. During 1942 and 1943 the aircraft performed escort duties to USAAF bombers, including on some of the same missions flown by the famous B-17 ‘Memphis Belle’. After WWII AR501 was used as an instructional airframe at Loughborough College before being acquired by the Shuttleworth Collection in 1961. The aircraft was used in the 1968 filming for the movie "Battle of Britain", and the 2000 filming for the movie "Pearl Harbor".
AR501 was built by Westland Aircraft and assigned to No 310 (Czech) Squadron based at Duxford. During 1942 and 1943 the aircraft performed escort duties to USAAF bombers, including on some of the same missions flown by the famous B-17 ‘Memphis Belle’. After WWII AR501 was used as an instructional airframe at Loughborough College before being acquired by the Shuttleworth Collection in 1961. The aircraft was used in the 1968 filming for the movie "Battle of Britain", and the 2000 filming for the movie "Pearl Harbor".
