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Spitfire near the National Memorial Arboretum 1st May

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mudhen15
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Spitfire near the National Memorial Arboretum 1st May

Post by mudhen15 » Mon May 02, 2022 9:15 am

Visited the Memorial Arboretum on the 1st. We arrived at 1pm and had lunch.Started to walk into the Arboretum and heard then saw a Spitfire flying low south of the Arboretum heading west. Have looked on FR24 play back, but no joy.Can anyone provide any info please.

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Re: Spitfire near the National Memorial Arboretum 1st May

Post by JAWS » Mon May 02, 2022 2:09 pm

Only Spitfire showing on ADSB-x replay at that time was Mk.IIa P7350 with the BoBMF, it looked to have performed a low pass (E to W) at East Midlands Airport followed by a couple of maneuvers and then returned to RAF Coningsby.
Regards Steve............

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Re: Spitfire near the National Memorial Arboretum 1st May

Post by mudhen15 » Mon May 02, 2022 2:26 pm

Once again, totally endebted for the info.

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