Canberra in Worcestershire

Vulture, do you have any more pics of XA459 at WW?
There were (very optimisticlly, and possibly unreliable) whispers about making it airworthy, has anyone got further news on that?

Gannet XA459 at White Waltham.

Dont shoot the messenger – I just copied the link from Demobbed which says White Waltham 😮

Jon

DeMobbed and yourself are correct Jon, it’s at White Waltham. As Nigel said, it’s merely an old photo taken when at Membury.

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That isn’t the location at White Waltham in that pic though, there is a video on youtube of its XA459s movement to WW.
I believe that is the Gannet that had a tragic ownership past

edit, sorry BuccSociety, just seen your post

Dont shoot the messenger – I just copied the link from Demobbed which says White Waltham 😮

Jon

XA459 – Now living at White Waltham

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/images/xa459.jpg

Jon

That isn’t the location at White Waltham in that pic though, there is a video on youtube of its XA459s movement to WW.
I believe that is the Gannet that had a tragic ownership past

edit, sorry BuccSociety, just seen your post

XA459 – Now living at White Waltham

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/images/xa459.jpg

Jon

That’s an old photo John, as that was taken at Membury, Berks, her last home.

Did that chap ever have a Scimitar in his yard?

He had a Sea Hawk. The aircraft in that yard are in a dire state and cannot be long for this world.

The Hunter spoken of is/was at Longdon. You can’t see it from the road anymore.

Speaking of aircraft left lying around the place, I have an idea for a photo project – perhaps you chaps could help, do you know of any complete a/c left in farms, yards etc, around the Bromsgrove area (with within 5-10 miles)

Cheers
Steve

I always wanted to know what the Gannet was I could see behind a wall going around the ring-road in Cirencester. :confused:

XA459 – Now living at White Waltham

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/images/xa459.jpg

Jon

You didn’t say what road you were on but there used to be a few cockpits around the old Jet Age Museum hangar at Staverton which you could just about see from the old Cheltenham/Gloucester road.

I always wanted to know what the Gannet was I could see behind a wall going around the ring-road in Cirencester. :confused:

Did that chap ever have a Scimitar in his yard?

No.

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There’s a private collection at Birlingham, near Pershore. Hunter, Meteor, Sea Hawk, JP and a Vampire IIRC, can’t remeber a Canberra though…

Did that chap ever have a Scimitar in his yard?

So where would WK128 have been at this time period and with whom?

must have been fairly close to pershore then? to be honest i cant see it being ross’s canberra as thats north of worcester, i think XM692 may have it with WK128

ben

There’s a possibility thats the place, but I’m pretty sure it was a canberra fuselage, visible from the road and I think it was on the malverns side of the M5! Terrible to see the aircraft in that state, but maybe if they weren’t there they may have been scrapped?

There’s a private collection at Birlingham, near Pershore. Hunter, Meteor, Sea Hawk, JP and a Vampire IIRC, can’t remeber a Canberra though…

A few pics from airliners.net
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?engine_version=6.0&search_active=1&search=&sheadline=&domains=Airliners.net&sitesearch=Airliners.net&client=pub-8297169501225184&forid=1&channel=1924797129&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23E6E8FA%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23000000%3BVLC%3AE6E8FA%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3A45678C%3BLBGC%3A45678C%3BALC%3AE6E8FA%3BLC%3AE6E8FA%3BT%3AC4C8CC%3BGFNT%3AC4C8CC%3BGIMP%3AC4C8CC%3BLH%3A36%3BLW%3A639%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fcdn-www.airliners.net%2Fgraphics%2Fopen_file_header_image.jpg%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.airliners.net%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=en&search_field=datedesc&q=birlingham

Interesting suggestions, I would think I saw it in 04-03 and I’m pretty sure it was a canberra but cannot remember if it was just the cockpit or the complete fuselage, it certainly made me look twice!

I talked to guy a good few years ago at an agricultural show near Ludlow. He had a private museum on his farm and had a canberra cockpit. He gave me a card (with a plane on it) which i have now long lost. There was an offer of a visit but I stupidly never took it up…. A pathetic lack of detail but he seemed genuine.

WK128 ?

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=84391&post94&page=2

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Hunter?

Not aware of any Canberra fuselages lying around in Worcs lately, are you sure it wasn’t the stripey (Defence School of Medicine) hunter XL536 up near Upton way you saw? It is currently in a dismantled state on a farm up there..possibilty?