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The first ambitious project that was undertaken by the Malta Historic Aircraft Preservation Group was the restoration of a Spitfire MkIX registered EN199.
Late in 1992, Ray Polidano, today, the Museum's Director, collected various parts that were left from a scrapped Spitfire and commenced restoration work on the aircraft, working initially in his garage and later moving to a section of the hut which is now part of the Museum Complex. The reconstruction of the Spitfire was completed with the assistance of a number of volunteers, in time for Malta's celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of VICTORY IN EUROPE-Day.
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The history of Spitfire EN199 was researched by Frederick Galea who is the author of several books on local military aviation. Please visit our online museum shop to purchase books written by this author.
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