The true story of P7350 is that it was indeed a Battle of Britain Spitfire and flew with 266 Squadron. One pilot at the time was Sqn Ldr Tubby Mermegan.
It was rebuilt following a major accident and at the end of the war was flown into a MU at RAF Colerne near Bath along with hundreds of other aircraft.
The scap metal dealers who's name escapes me but were from Collingdale near London, recognised it as a Bof B aircraft and gave it back to the RAF who were reportedly rather reluctant to accept it. It would otherwise have been broken up/melted down for scrap.
It remained, unloved at the back of one of the blister hangars and eventually got dragged out into the open air for RAF open days. The MU then added a Heinkel 162, Me163 and a Meteor 4 that had just got overlooked and the four were dragged out once more in 1964 for the RAF at home day.
An enterprising young co-pilot on Hastings aircraft then managed to collect many other aircraft including a Hurricane 11C, Sea Fury, etc and formed a museum.
In 1966 or so he received a 'phone call from some people who wanted to know what state it was in as they were prepared to rebuild it for some film that was being shot. After which it would be given to the BofB flight.
So...it was by pure chance that a real Bof B aircraft had been saved for the Nation and we have an unknown scrap metal firm's foreman to thank not the
RAF!