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1950's/1960's Archive Part 44: Military Miscellany

Here are a few more scans from the early 60’s. As usual, all pictures are by the late Gerald Lawrance, scanned and made available by Tony Clarke. They came with few details, so any caption errors are mine, and additional date or location information would be very welcome.

Believed taken at Toussus-Le-Noble on 4th June 1961 were a pair of Aeronavale MD-312 Flamants, 300/11S-18 and 311/11S-14:

300 11S-18

311 11S-14

From the French Army, two examples of the NC.856 Norvegie, 92/CJA and 41/AEJ at Chambery in 1961:

92 / CJA

41 / AEJ

Nord 3400 ‘CTC’ looks like No 126, no date or location:

126 / CTC

Nord 3202B ‘ALK’ looks like No 66. If that’s correct, it survives in the French Army Aviation Museum at Dax. Can anyone confirm the tie-up?

66 / ALK

Back to Toussus on 4-6-61, and a US Army L-20A Beaver 56-0393:

6393

Also from the US Army, L-19A Bird Dog 51-7408, At the Hanover Airshow in May 1960:

17408

Also at Hanover in 1960 was F-104C 56-0935, representing a type soon to become prominent in Germany. This aircraft returned to Europe in September 1961 when the 479th TFW flew to Ramstein during the Berlin Wall crisis. ‘935 was destroyed after an in-flight refuelling accident on 21-3-62:

60935

60935

Another new type at Hanover in 1960 was the Fiat G91, with G91R MM6281 and G91PAN MM6255 from the Frecce Tricolori. 6281 was destroyed 12-6-62, and 6255 was lost on 22-9-71:

MM6281

MM6255

More Italians from Hanover 1960, MB326 MM54174 (?):

MM54174

Unknown Agusta-Bell 47G and 47J:

MM

MM

Another Italian Bell 47, no details of place or date:

MM

An early US Army H-34A, 53-4504, again no details:

34504

On to Switzerland with Venom FB.4 J-1717:

J-1717

Pilatus P2-05 A-125 became G-BLKZ in 1984, damaged 31-5-08 and presently stored at Duxford:

A-125

Pilatus P3-05 A-873, still active as HB-RCL:

A-873

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By: DCW - 30th July 2013 at 17:28

A few British classics, starting with 27 Sq Vulcan B.2 XM570:

XM570

Vulcan B.1 XA903, the Olympus test-bed, at Cambridge:

XA903

Lancaster PA474 as ‘M’, at Cranfield:

PA474

Sea Prince C.2 WJ349/LM-931 at Toussus 4-6-61:

WJ349 / LM-931

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