page_title: List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires
section_title: Belgium
hierarchical_section_title: List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires / Belgium
caption_attribution_description: English: Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc in the Royal Military Museum at the Jubelpark, Brussels.It is painted to look like 'MJ360/GE-B' (RAF No.349 (Belgian) Sqn) but actually this was MJ783 when serving with the RAF. Nederlands: Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc in het Koninklijk Legermuseum aan het Jubelpark te Brussel. het toestel is geschilderd in de kleuren van 'MJ360/GE-B' (RAF No.349 (Belgian) Sqn), maar is eigenlijk MJ783.
context_page_description: The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force along with many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War and afterwards into the 1950s as both a front line fighter and also in secondary roles.
  Many developing countries purchased Spitfires as industrial countries phased out propeller-powered aircraft in favour of new jet-engined machines. As these nations started to update their air forces many Spitfires and other Second World War aircraft were sold on the open market to individuals or for scrap. The aircraft in Hong Kong serving with the UK Colonial wings are a good example of the different means of disposal where they were simply bulldozed into the sea as part of the process to reclaim land from the water in order to lengthen the runway.
  Private collectors began to acquire Spitfire aircraft and a number went on to appear in movies and TV shows. These movie and TV appearances, in turn, helped to save a number of them from being scrapped. The Spitfire with probably the most movie and TV credits is a Mk.IX MH434.
context_section_description: Airworthy
  Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe SL721 (OO-XVI). Owned by Vintage Fighter Aircraft. Refinished in the markings of AU-J from No. 421 Squadron RCAF and was part of the Gatineau, Quebec based Vintage Wings of Canada's collection, registered as C-GVZB. It was sold to Vintage Fighter Aircraft in Belgium in airworthy condition and is registered as OO-XVI.
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  Spitfire LF Mk.IXe MJ783/SM15. Painted as MJ360 / GE-B from Royal Air Force 349th (Belgian) Squadron, on display at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels . 
  Spitfire FR Mk.XIVc MV246. on display at the  Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels . Delivered to the Belgium Air Force with the Belgium tail number SG-55. Restored in 1951 with parts from other written-off Belgian Spitfires and displayed with the squadron codes GE-R.
caption: MJ783/SM15 in Brussels
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