Spitfires for Sale

HFL currently owns several Spitfires, estimated at a value of upwards of £1.25million each. All aircraft have been restored fully by HFL.

SM845 is a low back MkXVIII with Rolls Royce Griffon power The MkXVIII Spitfire,  built in1945. It was delivered to the Indian Air Force in 1946. It was recovered as a wreck in the mid-70’s and was eventually acquired by HFL in 1998.

TD248 is a low back MkXVI with Packard Merlin power. The TD248 Spitfire was fully restored in 1992, in it’s striking silver and red livery of a 41 Squadron Spitfire F21 that participated in the Blackpool Air races of 1948/49. It is a popular aircraft on the display circuit. Built in 1944, the Spitfire was delivered to RAF Brize Norton in 1945. In 1951 it was transferred to the Civilian Anti Aircraft Co-operation Unit, and from there it was allocated to the Air Training Corps, RAF Sealand, where it remained until HFL acquired the aircraft in 1998.

RN201 is a high-back Mk XIV with Rolls Royce Griffon power. It was built at the Keevil dispersal factory in early 1945 and delivered to No. 9 MU at Cosford on 22 February that year.

Once the war in Europe was over, RN201 emerged from store and was allocated to No 83 Group Support Unit in July and stayed with this unit until December 1945 when it was allocated to 350 (Belgian) Squadron at Fassberg. In May 1946 it was transferred back to the UK to No 29 MU High Ercall in Shropshire. It was subsequently sold to the Belgian Air Force in February 1948 under the serial number SG-31 and was used again by No 350 Squadron coded MN-L and later by No 3 Squadron as YL-B when it suffered a heavy landing in February 1950. The aircraft was declared as not worthy of repair to flying standard and was mounted on a pole with code GE-A at Beauchevain.  It was acquired in 1988 by a UK collector and put into storage.

Historic Flying acquired the aircraft in 1998 and restoration began in late 1999. The Griffon 65 engine has been zero timed and the propeller rebuilt with new blades and bearings.

RN-201 flew again in April 2002 and received its Permit to Fly shortly afterwards. Its first public appearance was at Flying Legends, Duxford, in July 2002.