Mark V

 
Status Abbreviations are as follows:
AW - airworthy, S - stored, M - museum, R - under restoration, U - unknown.
Other abbreviations used are:
BBMF - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
BoB - Battle of Britain Film
IWM - Imperial War Museum
MU - Maintenance Unit
OFMC - Old Flying Machine Company
OTU - Operational Training Unit
HF - Historic Flying Ltd
Instr a/f - Instructional Airframe
THUM - Temperature and Humidity Flight
WOGB - Warbirds of Great Britain
Identity
Mark
Status
Comments
AB910
5
AW
15.9.65 To BBMF
13.7.47 Bought by Alan Wheeler as G-AISU
17.5.45 To 527 Sqn
Flew circuit with WAAF Margaret Horton on the tail!
17.7.43 to 402 Sqn
2.7.43 To 416 Sqn
2.9.42 To 242 Sqn
13.6.42 To 133 Sqn
22.8.41 222 Sqn, North Weald
AR501
5
AW
Shuttleworth Collection
7.5.73 Restored at Duxford
1967 Battle of Britain film as G-AWII
1961 Transferred to Shuttleworth Collection
2.3.46 To Loughborough College
26.8.45 Placed in storage
19.7.42 No 310 Sqn
22.6.42 Delivered to No 8 MU
AR614
5
AW
2002 Flying Heritage Collection Seattle
Sep 1999 Hawker Restorations Earls Colne

1998 Alpine Fighter Collection
Oct 1995 At Historic Flying, destined for Wanaka
July 1995 With Classic Aviation Ltd as G-BUWA
Dec 1992 Acquired by OFMC, Duxford
1986 Restoration by D Campbell, Ontario - C-FDUY
1964 Air Museum of Calgary
August 1942 Delivered to 39MU
BL370
5
R
1998 On rebuild for an American owner
Restoration by Steve Arnold & Julian Mitchell
23.11.96 Sold at Sotheby's for £65000 for D-day museum
BL614
5
M
RAF Museum, St Athan
1967 Battle of Britain Film - taxy only
Gate Guardian at RAF Credenhill
23.11.42 To No 2 Tech Training School, Cosford
11.8.42 To No 222 Sqn
2.6.42 To No 242 Sqn
BL628
5
R
1998 Pete Croser, Aus.
July 1995 D J John, Aerofab Restorations, now VH-FVB
Peter Croser, Victoria, Australia (Composite including parts from AR526)
Mar 1995 As above, still owned by an Australian customer
1992 With Dick Melton , Thruxton, as G-BTTN
BM597
5
AW
1999 Charlie Brown checks out Guy Black and Angus Spence-Nairn. Also flown in displays by Carolyn Grace
18.7.97 First flight by Charlie Brown
May 1994 restoration at Historic Flying Ltd G-MKVB
1969 Church Fenton
1968 Henlow
1967 BoB Film
Gate Guard, Church Fenton
16.10.45 Instr a/f, St Athan
317 Sqn (Polish) at Woodvale
58 OTU
7.5.42 To 315 Sqn
26.4.42 Delivered to No 37 MU, Burtonwood
Built Castle Bromwich
BR108
5c
M
May 1998 National War Museum, Fort St Elmo, Malta
BR545
5c
M
May 1998 RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Australia
BS199
5c
R
May 1998 Robert Eastgate, Point Cook, Australia
BS164
5c
R
May 1998 Peter Crose, Melbourne
EE853
5
M
1998 Langdon Badger, Adelaide, Australia as A58-146
EF545
5c
R
2007 Guy Black, Aero Vintage Ltd.
May 1998 Chris Warrilow, Woburn Green, UK
EP120
5
AW
Sep 1995 The Fighter Collection, Duxford 
Sept 1992 Restored as G-LFVB
Nov 1991 In store at St Athan
Gate Guard, Wattisham
1967 BoB Film
Gate Guard, Wilmslow & Bircham Newton
2.6.45 To St Athan
No 19 Sqn
No 402 Sqn
4.6.42 No 51 Sqn
23.5.42 Delivered to No 45 MU
JG891
5c
R
November 1999 at Historic Flying Ltd - fuselage in jigs
1986 Restoration by D Subritsky as ZK-MKV
Royal Australian Air Force
Recovered from Papua, New Guinea
JK448
5
M
1986 Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum, Belgrade.
Displayed as 9486.
MA863
5
M
February 2000 Restoration completed at Duxford for the USAF Museum Dayton, Ohio
1998 Ian Whitney, Melbourne, Australia (A58-246)
MD388
5
R
Alec Wilson, SA as VH-ZPY
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