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At 13:30 on July 19th 2018 the distinctive sound of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine was heard over Windsor, Ontario as pilot Dave Hadfield arrived from Gatineau, Quebec in the Michael Potter Aircraft Collection Spitfire IX.
Windsor is the first leg of a 5,000 mile journey for Dave Hadfield and the Spitfire. From Windsor, Hadfield will fly the fighter to Oshkosh Wisconsin for the worlds largest air show. The Spitfire will be apart of a celebration for the Royal Air Force’s 100th Anniversary. From there Hadfield will head to Western Canada and take the Spitfire back to the Comox Air Force Museum where the original restoration of the fighter began in 1999.
The Spitfire MK.IX, TE294 is dedicated to Flt. Lt. Arnold “Rosey” Roseland of RCAF 442 Squadron. Roseland flew 65 sorties in Spitfire MK.IX, MK304, Y2 K. On July 13, 1944 Roseland died when he attempted to bail from his damaged Spitfire after a fight with a group of German Messerschmitts over Normandy. Roseland was just 28 years old.
Spitfire men, Bob Swaddling & Erik Billing
The Canadian Historical Aircraft Association is located in a former BCATP hangar that housed No.7 Elementary Flying Training School during World War Two. The Association flies several historic aircraft such as a Harvard, Chipmunk and Stearman. They are also restoring the City of Windsor Avro Lancaster and a DeHavilland Mosquito.
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