Required Jet Provost T.4 XS176 (8514M) History

Just had a look through spotters logs for the period XS176 was in service, but don’t appear to have seen this particular aircraft.

Then had a ‘Google’, and found the history already on the net!

http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t4-xs175-to-xs186/

Would appear to be a tie breaker, establishing the correct dated version of the history. Hope the work put in by Vampire Dave, myself and others have proved useful. You should be able to get an interesting history board put together out of this lot.

Nice photo in silver and dayglo patches as ’36’ of 2 FTS 6/67 on http://www.na3t.org/air/photo/MIL22252 – this confuses/adds to the information; presumably a recode during service with 2 FTS as “Sycamore” confirms the code ’28’ very soon after delivery.

The MAS article was indeed compiled from the record cards as I spent many a happy hour in the AHB copying them 🙂

Given the 2FTS confirmation by Sycamore looks like I managed to get some of the dates right !

I flew XS176(28) at Syerston (2FTS) twice in Feb `64,on 5th and 14 th…

186 at salford

i have the photos of 176 being hauled into salford uni when phoenix delivered it, not an easy task think it was second floor up the cargo lift

The link to ‘demobbed’ provides great detail post service. From a 1978 enthusiast magazine (‘Flypast’ of the Merseyside Aviation Society, JPT4 histories compiled jointly by MAS and Humberside Aviation Society), details of the service story:

Awaiting collection 30.9.63
Delivered to 27MU 3.10.63
Issued 10.1.64 to 2 FTS and coded ’28’
To 27 MU on 10.7.68; transferred 18.10.68 to 5 MU; back to 27 MU 1.11.68
Issued 28.1.69 to 3 FTS and coded ’47’
Transferred 24.11.70 to CATCS and coded ‘O’
Transferred 28.2.72 to CAW as code ’18’
Transferred 6.12.73 to 3 FTS/SoRF with code ’71’
To 5 MU 25.2.74 until 26.2.75, when re-issued to 3 FTS/SoRF still as ’71’
Transferred 30.6.75 to CATCS, this time as code ‘B’
SOC 24.3.77. To Halton SoTT before 7.77.

Appears to be compiled using the History Card, plus enthusiast sources to record the individual aircraft codes.

27 MU = Shawbury
5 MU = Kemble
CATCS = RAF Shawbury
CAW = RAF Manby

Added on ‘edit’ having now seen the previous reply posted while I was typing a list that broadly agrees in terms of units and codes – but oh dear, oh dear, one source or the other has had finger trouble transcribing the history – all dates effectively transposed by one line. Arrival dates in my source, being arrival dates at the previous unit in the other. The error is constant through the listing.

I would point out that the dates on demobbed site are also out, effectively by one line – so would it be heresey to suggest the JP File ‘bible’ is wrong.

Referee urgently sought!! (Dr.John Smith, do you have JPT4 histories recorded independently of the two quoted sources?)

Someone had to do it! Taken from Mick Boulanger’s excellent Jet Provost File:

XS176 PAC/W/22162

Awaiting Collection 03/10/1963

Delivered to No.27 MU Shawbury 10/01/1964

2 FTS Syerston coded 28 10/07/1968

No.27 MU Shawbury 18/10/1968

No.5 MU Kemble 01/11/1968

No.27 MU Shawbury 28/01/1969

3 FTS Leeming coded 47 24/11/1970

Central Air Traffic Control School, Shawbury coded O 28/02/1972

College of Air Warfare, Manby coded 18 06/12/1973

School of Refresher Flying, Leeming coded 71 25/02/1974

No.5 MU Kemble 26/02/1975

School of Refresher Flying, Leeming coded 71 24/02/1977

No.1 SoTT Halton for ground instructional use as 8514M/N 06/1993

Tendered 27/10/1993

Transported to Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe 03/11/1993

To University of Salford, Manchester 15/07/1999

To Bruntingthorpe 08/1999

Reduced to nose section and transported to Solihull 2000

To Stamford 18/06/2005

To Highland Aviation Museum, Inverness for display

Excellent site, and thanks very much for the prompt reply

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=635

Find XS176 and hover over the ‘i’ icon on the right.