One Of Our Aircraft Is Moving Pt II
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE II (FSM) ‘N3317/BO-U’/BAPC 71
The Move
The title of this blog should actually be “One Of Our Aircraft Has Moved“, because the day finally arrived for the Spit to move south to its new home at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum at Hawkinge.
The teams from Hawkinge and Simply Spitfire arrived on Monday the 11th Oct 2021, and together with volunteers from the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum started the process of dismantling and removing the aircraft from the main hangar in order to transport it to Kent.
The volunteers at NASAM had previously moved some of the exhibits from around the Spitfire so that the team from Kent would be able to gain access to the aircraft and start the dismantling process. The combined teams then reduced the aircraft to manageable parts that would be able to be loaded onto the trailer or into the van that the Hawking team had brought with them.
Most of the dismantling took place by the teams in situ in the main hangar and after a blast of air into the tyres, the main fuselage was rolled across the floor and out and onto the trailer.
After loading the aircraft departed Flixton for its new home in Kent where it will join other replicas from the Battle of Britain film.
The History of the Aircraft
The history of the aircraft together with the story of the move and the reasons can be found in an earlier NASAM BLOG “One Of Our Aircraft Is Moving“. This blog can be found by clicking on the button below:
The Move, in Pictures
A video of the dismantling and removal of the aircraft can be seen below and thanks go to John S from Flixton who took the photos and the short video clip.
(Video) Spitfire removal
A view from the Other Teams
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
To see the move from the Kent Battle of Britain Museum’s viewpoint and the work that they put into moving the aircraft, follow the link to their Facebook page which gives the details of the move and more pictures taken on the day. The Facebook page can be found @
You will need to scroll down until you come across the three articles posted there.
Simply Spitfire
Simply Spitfire also posted a short article and more photos of the aircraft at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum on their Facebook page which can be found @
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