File:Spitfire V AA963 at Wright Field 1942.jpg

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A U.S. Army Air Forces Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (RAF s/n AA963) without wheels at Wright Field, Ohio (USA), in 1942.

AA963 was rolled off the production line at the Supermarine factory at Eastleigh (UK) on 8 November 1941 a Spitfire Mk Vc serial number AA963. It christened "Borough of Southgate" as it was and bought from funds raised by the citizens of the London Borough of Southgate. After the U.S. entry into the Second World War it was shipped to the U.S., arrivin in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 10 March 1942. It was then shipped on to Wright Field for assembly and evaluation. It was used on a U.S. War Bonds promotional tour called the "Cavalcade of the Air", which commenced with a flypast over New York on 13 June 1942. It lasted three months. Its eventual fate is unknown.
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Source U.S. Air Force photo in Jeffrey L. Ethell: American Warplanes: World War II to Korea. Volume II. Arms and Armour Press, London (UK) 1983, p. 20. ISBN 0853685770
Author USAAF (cited as USAAF photo)

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