111 Sqn's First Year with the Lightning

The RAF waited a decade from the first flight of the English Electric P1 prototype in 1954 to take delivery of a truly definitive operational Lightning variant. The F3 was well worth it, though — and No 111 Squadron’s pilots loved it. This is the story of the mark’s first year with ‘Treble-One’ Oh, what a sight… A nine-ship of No 111 Squadron Lightnings during the summer of 1965, Sqn Ldr George Black in T4 XM992 heading eight F3s. ALL