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Just picked this up of Air Britain. Spitfire Mystery!

Posted by Paul McMillan on Fri May 31, 2002 08:36:33 AM

I know a Spit crashed in Zimbabwe is the early 1980's but this is an interesting thread on the whys, wheres and whats

Subject: Re Rhodesia/Zimbabwe

Mike Drapers mails re C172s reminded me of a home video I was shown in '85/'86 of a Spitfire rebuild project somewhere in Zimbabwe, the film showed the restoration work, ground running, then first flight which resulted in a crash killing the pilot. The owner of the Video was a medical products rep who had returned to the UK having left a PA 28R on homestead/farm his following threats due to his connections with Ian Smith.... now he claimed the crash had political overtones as the Spitfires owner was also under "considerable pressure". Was out of the hobby at the time so overloked to note the serial... can anybody comment on this. Mike Kemp

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