August 21, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Found this, does anyone know the history of the aircraft ?
By: Cranswick - 22nd August 2008 at 09:15
Typhoon JR516
History of this aircraft is almost correct in the ebay listing.
Built by Gloster
51 MU Lichfield 22 Dec 43
137 Sqn 1 Jan 44, coded SF-H
Cat B damage after over-shooting the runway at Lympne, 16 Mar 44
Repaired by Taylorcraft, then to 13 MU for mods (9 Jun 44)
3 TEU, Aston Down, date not known
Crashed at Tainton nr Tiberton, 5 Aug 44, after fire in the air. Sgt N.J.Brightwell killed