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The Spitfire aeroplane is a memorial to 1100 airmen who died in service or were kiiled in action in World War Two. The Mark 16 Spitfire replaces the original Mark 22 Spitfire which was re-erected at Bull Creek in 1971 at the Aviation Museum.
The Museum’s Spitfire Mark 22 was built at Vickers Armstrong (Castle Bromwich) Aircraft Factory at Birmingham, England, in 1945. The Western Australian Division of the Air Force Association bought the Spitfire on 5 August 1958 and, on 14 May 1959, it was shipped from London to Fremantle aboard the MV ‘Queensland Star’. The aeroplane arrived at Fremantle on 10 June 1959 and was taken by road to Perth Airport where it was reassembled in the Royal Aero Club hanger.
On 6 September 1959 it was placed on a pylon outside the Air Force Association’s headquarters in Adelaide Terrace, Perth. The State Governor and the Archbishop of Perth officiated in a ceremony on 14 September 1959 to dedicate the Spitfire. The Spitfire was reerected at Bull Creek on the 13th March 1971.
Location
| Address: | Bull Creek Road, Aviation Museum, Bull Creek, 6149 |
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| State: | WA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -32.049444 Long: 115.858333 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Technology |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-September-1939 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1945 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 25th August, 1985 |
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This Mark 16 Spitfire was dedicated as a memorial to fallen comrades by Bishop Denis Bryant, DFC on 25th August, 1985
It replaces the Mark 22 Spitfire formerly mounted here as a dedicated memorial and now exhibited in the Association`s Aviation Museum
