These walk-around photos were taken at the RAF Museum London in Hendon in 2019. They show a Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.Vb, serial BL614, displayed in the markings of No. 222 (Natal) Squadron as ZD-F — a genuine combat veteran of some of the most intense air fighting of the Second World War. The Mk.V was the most numerous Spitfire variant, with over 6,400 built, and formed the backbone of Fighter Command through 1941 and 1942. The Vb sub-variant was armed with two 20mm Hispano cannon and four .303 Browning machine guns, making it a significantly more capable fighter than its predecessors. Built at Castle Bromwich in December 1941, BL614 first served with No. 611 Squadron on convoy sweeps before being transferred to No. 242 Squadron and then No. 222 (Natal) Squadron, with whom it flew during Operation Jubilee — the Dieppe raid of August 1942 — on shipping patrol and withdrawal cover sorties. It later served with Nos. 64 and 118 Squadrons before being withdrawn to training units in late 1943. After the war it spent years as a gate guardian and was used in taxiing scenes for the 1969 film Battle of Britain. Following a painstaking restoration by the Medway Aircraft Preservation Society at Rochester — over 25,000 volunteer hours — it went on display at Hendon in October 1997.