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1954 was quite a busy year for aviation (if Wikipedia can be believed) First flights of the: F-101 Voodoo, F-104 Starfighter, A4 Skyhawk, F-11 Tiger and on this side of the pond E.E. Lightning and Fairey Delta 2. Other notable aviation events included: The Bell X1A set a new Altitude record, the F-100 entered service with 479 TFW, the F7U Cutlass with VF 81, the FJ3 Fury with VF 173 and the Supermarine Swift with 56 Sqn. All notable events and a lot of those aircraft I have the models in my stash, however one event that took place in this year of my birth was the very last OPERATIONAL flight of the Spitfire PR.19. The Airfix box art shows PS 888 marked up as "THE LAST" this decoration was added after the last sortie had been completed by 81 Sqn on 1st April 1954. The Officer Commanding 81 Sqn was peeved to find out that back in 1951 60 Sqn flying Spitfire Mk 18s, had claimed this honour and been presented with a silver model Spitfire. He requested the model Spitfire be given to the rightful Sqn, however to prevent any upset, another silver model Spitfire was presented to 81 Sqn by no less than Jeffrey Quill. I intend to assemble the Barracuda excellent resin components together with the addition of some Airfix plastic parts to re-create this event.
