07/31/2019. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Built by Supermarine at Eastleigh, Hampshire, this Spitfire was first flown March 21, 1939, fitted with an 1,030 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine. Only three days later it assigned to RAF No. 65 'East India 'Squadron at Hornchurch, Essex, UK. On April 17, 1940 it was transferred to No. 64 Squadron. It became a training aircraft, assigned to 7 Operational Training Unit on October 11, 1940.

October 18, 1941 it went to Air Service Training, a civilian repair and conversion contractor at Hamble, where it was converted to Spitfire PR.Mk.III. February 26, 1942 it was assigned to 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire. It had a flying accident on March 18, 1942, extensively damaged it relegated to instructional airframe duties for ground training and was transferred to 8 Operational Training Unit on June 17, 1942.

November 29, 1942, it was transferred to Scottish Aviation Ltd, a Civilian Repair Unit. Repaired it was put on the Royal Naval Deposit Account on May 22, 1943, and the following month it joined Fleet Air Arm 759 Squadron at Yeovilton. On August 16, 1943, while flown by Squadron Leader P.D. Gardner, the landing gear collapsed upon landing. The pilot remained unharmed, the aircraft was a write off.

Coded "FZ-L", the pictured aircraft belonged to 65 Squadron and was flown by Flying Officer Roland Robert Stanford Tuck. "FZ-L" was later recoded "YT-T"."

(Note: The original print from which Aeroplane Photo Supply copied this image, shows six aircraft.)