Supermarine Spitfire MkIa – N3200

Thought to be one of the most authentic airworthy Spitfires around and one of the earliest examples of the Spitfire, N3200 is indeed a rare specimen of such an iconic aircraft. Shot down while providing air cover over British troops evacuating Dunkirk, N3200 landed and was subsequently buried by the tides and sands on Sangatte beach. Recovered in 1986 and put in amuseum, she was acquired by Mark One Partners and put into storage until being able to be recovered to Duxford in 2007 where ARCo restored her and another Mk1a to not only airworthiness, but to how she exactly looked back in May 1940. Thomas Kaplan of Mark One Partners donated N3200 to the Imperial War Museum with the wish she would stay airworthy and displayed to the public whenever possible.