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Auctioneers Sell Spitfire Mk. XXII Fuselage for £20,000+

By Drooid · Oct 21, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC · How we work

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Dominic Winter Auctioneers sold a Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. XXII fuselage for over £20,000.
The fuselage, serial PK519, was Peter Arnold’s final project.
Arnold, known as “Mr Spitfire,” built it from replacement panels of other original Spitfires.
He died aged 83 in 2025 after documenting more than 260 surviving Spitfires worldwide.
John Sanderson said Arnold saved many projects from loss and highlighted his 1973 BBC segment on a rare Seafire.

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Dominic Winter Auctioneers sold a Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. XXII fuselage for over £20,000.
The fuselage, serial PK519, was Peter Arnold’s final project.
Arnold, known as “Mr Spitfire,” built it from replacement panels of other original Spitfires.
He died aged 83 in 2025 after documenting more than 260 surviving Spitfires worldwide.
John Sanderson said Arnold saved many projects from loss and highlighted his 1973 BBC segment on a rare Seafire.