Scans from the 1950s (sorry about the quality)
A Hunter and Meteor at West Raynham.
Ercoupe and Rapide at Southend. (The Ercoupe G-AKFC, had an interesting history….. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=18803
Bristol Freighter after being repaired in Ostend. The tail wheel was ripped out, trying to tow it backwards.
XE585
WH223………Meteor T.7 I-19, ex-WH223, Militaire Luchtvaart Museum, Kamp Zeist, Soesterberg
By: AlanR - 9th January 2017 at 17:42
Meteor WH223 was I believe, a replacement for WL368. Lost in a crash in 1957….
Lots of contradiction regarding the crash. The accident report says it was bad visibility. Eye witnesses say it was sunny.
The aircraft also suffered from metal fatigue, very common in Meteors.
By: AlanR - 6th January 2017 at 11:29
Is the Hunter not XE585, which was coded ‘Q’ with the D.F.L.S. in the 1950’s…?
Simon
Yes, on closer examination you may indeed be correct. The photos were taken by my Brother-in-Law when he was on National Service. After which he returned to Southend.
It seems to have ended up in India as a T.Mk 66 ?
By: Arabella-Cox - 6th January 2017 at 09:49
Is the Hunter not XE585, which was coded ‘Q’ with the D.F.L.S. in the 1950’s…?
Simon
By: Rosevidney1 - 5th January 2017 at 20:52
The Hunter looks like an early single seat jobbie, so presumably it was converted into a 2 hole affair later in life.
By: Wyvernfan - 5th January 2017 at 20:20
Love the WR photos.
Rob
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