For the Air Attaché to get around, the US operated the Spitfire in a number of squadrons during WWII, though none were ever built for the purpose of transporting VIPs.
http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/uncl...spitfires.html
History of PL983 as provided by
treadigraph post RAF service.
Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Eastleigh, July 22, 1947.
- Loaned.
US Embassy, Civil Air Attache, Hendon, UK, January 27, 1948.
- Registered as NC74138.
Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Eastleigh, 1949.
Shuttleworth Trust, Old Warden, 1950-1983.
- Static display, 1950-1975.
- Moved to Duxford for rebuild to fly, August 30, 1975.
Roland Fraissinet, Marseilles, France, April 14, 1983.
Roland Fraissinet, East Midlands Airport, UK, June 6, 1983-1987.
- Registered as G-PRXI.
- Rebuild complete.
- First flight, East Midlands, July 18, 1984.
Doug Arnold/Warbirds of GB Ltd, Biggin Hill, October 1, 1987-1992.
David Arnold/Flying A Services, North Weald, 1992-1999.
- WFU, stored dismantled, 1992-1998.
Juston V. Fleming, Goudhurst, Kent, 1999-2001.
- First flight, June 8, 2000 as PL983/JV-F.
- Crashed during airshow, Rouens, France, June 4, 2001.
-- Pilot Martin Sergeant fatally injured.