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Purpose-built hangar for Spitfire Restoration Project - defenceWeb

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The Spitfire Restoration Project (SRP) underway at what was Air Force Base (AFB) Swartkop, now Air Force Mobile Deployment Wing (AF MDW), has a completed hangar to continue refurbishment of Spitfire 5518. Completion of the hangar comes 10 months after a ceremonial roof wetting acknowledged by the SRP as a dedicated space to restore the aircraft, crashed with then SA Air Force (SAAF) Museum officer commanding Neil Thomas in the cockpit in 2000. T…
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defenceWeb broke the news in on Friday, April 25, 2025.
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