N3200

N3200 first flew from Eastleigh on 29 November 1939. After preparation at 8 Maintenance Unit, Little Rissington, it joined No. 19 Squadron at Duxford on 19 April 1940, coded QV. It was flown by the squadron's commanding officer, Squadron Leader Geoffrey Stephenson.

On 26 May 1940, on its first and only operation, Stephenson led a patrol over the Dunkirk evacuation. He shot down a Ju 87 Stuka, but return fire holed his radiator. He belly-landed on the beach at Sangatte, west of Calais, evaded for over a week, then was captured. He spent the rest of the war as a prisoner, including time at Colditz.

The Spitfire sank into the sand at the tideline. Strong currents exposed it in 1986 and it was dug out that spring; the remains were then shown at a museum in France. Thomas Kaplan and Simon Marsh acquired the wreck in 2000, and it came to Duxford in 2007.

Restoration to its 26 May 1940 condition began in 2012, carried out by Historic Flying Limited and the Aircraft Restoration Company. John Romain flew it for the first time in March 2014. The Kaplan family gave it to the Imperial War Museum, and the Duke of Cambridge received it at Duxford on 9 July 2015. It flies at Duxford air shows from the airfield where it first served.

Based at IWM Duxford in the hangar that housed 19 Squadron's Spitfires in 1940, and flown at Duxford air shows. It may be away flying or in maintenance on any given day.