Boris In Scotland
 

Boris was in Scotland yesterday and visited, I presume Lossiemouth, where I presume this shot of him with a late Mk Spitfire as aback drop was taken. Can anyone tell me about the Spitfire please? My first assumption was that it was at East Fortune but it looks like the hangar the Typhoons are in.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....076a631d8d.jpg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-sco...it-to-scotland

It's an F21,LA255 coded JX-U
It arrived in November 2014 and is owned by the 1 Squadron Association

It was delivered to 1(F) Sqn in 1945 and flown over Europe at the end of WW2. Presumably it was on display at Wittering before going into storage. When 1(F) Sqn moved to Lossiemouth in September 2014 it arrived a few months later on low loaders and was reassembled in the refurbished 1(F) Sqn hangar. Its twin is hanging from the roof of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. The Glasgow specimen was originally delivered to 1(F) Sqn before being transferred to 602 City of Glasgow Sqn.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....8da3f3036c.jpg
Here's the one in Glasgow

Is the Lossie one flyable?

I can't help you with the Spit' but I do know that if they ask for independence again, WE WANT IT BACK.

1 Sqn want independence?!!

Which quarter can Scotland keep? 😉

Quarter of what?

I suspect the thinking is that Scotland is 1/4 of UK? Completely ridiculous in this case, how many Spitfires were built there? Not a lot.

Try telling Sturgeon that. Let us know if you get a bloody word in edgeways.

I expect they'll give England the nuclear subs, so we could swap them for the Spitfire.

Keep out of this, Welsh boy.

Plenty Scots flew them though!

https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/cult...t-kelvingrove/

I must say, I think it says nothing good about the Prime Minister that he chooses a WW2 plane for his background rather than something current.

Some Blackburn Rovers fans flew them too, but they don't have one in the stadium.

Weren't McDonald Douglas scottish??

I must say, I think it says nothing good about the Prime Minister that he chooses a WW2 plane for his background rather than something current.

Maybe an A330 ??

Is it owned by the Association? When did they acquire it?

Nope. It was in BBMF’s hangar for a while, and was a bit of a basket case. The boys worked their magic and rolled it in glitter and it then went back to 1(F) at Leuchars.