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Malloch's spitfire - The Story and Restoration of PK350 (Paperback)
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Malloch's spitfire - The Story and Restoration of PK350 (Paperback)
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Spitfire PK350 is the only late-mark Spitfire, an F Mk 22, to have
ever been restored to full flying status. She had no restrictions
on her airframe and with four fully serviceable 20mm cannons, she
was as good as the day she came off the production line in July
1945 at the massive Castle Bromwich factory near Birmingham in
England. She first flew as a restored aircraft on 29 March 1980 at
the hands of one John McVicar 'Jack' Malloch. By then a legend in
his adopted country Rhodesia, Malloch had, in 1977, been entrusted
by the hierarchy of the Rhodesian Air Force to restore SR64, as she
was then known. In two and half years, Jack Malloch and his trusted
engineers, with critical help from the Rhodesian and South African
air forces, completely restored SR64 to flying condition. The fact
that she was fitted with a propeller made by a German company added
a sweet irony to a project that had to contend with sanctions
imposed by Britain, the original country of manufacture, and
highlighted the enterprising spirit of the team. This was possible
because Malloch, with the backing of the Rhodesian government, had
built up a successful charter airfreight company that assumed
different guises, depending on where it was operating, to bypass
sanctions. Malloch's extensive network thus facilitated his ability
to manage such a demanding a project in his quest to fulfil a
dream: to restore and once again fly a Spitfire which he had flown
in the RAF during the Second World War. Some fascinating insights
are revealed in this account. From the test pilot who first flew
her as PK350 on 25 July 1945 to the true ownership and vision for
SR64 as a restored aircraft, the reader is taken on a journey
through the aircraft's complete life, with the project's lead
engineer and most of the surviving pilots who flew her gracing the
story with their memories. For two years PK350 delighted those
fortunate enough to see her fly, mostly round Salisbury (Harare)
airport. Then, on what was planned to be its last flight, Malloch's
Spitfire never returned to base.
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