By: Steve Bond - 9th November 2018 at 16:35
Gosh, I haven’t heard anyone mention F Troop for ages (I was on 233 OCU)
By: Bungee - 8th November 2018 at 08:12
Managed to ‘trade’ some of the blind flying panel intstruments for my equally aged cloth bomber back in ’82/3 when I was groundcrew on F Troop, they are still in use! Trent Aero at Castle Donington had given us a bubble canopy as part of a minor refurb of the airframe, BBMF were continually robbing parts from it during my tenure on F Troop ’82/85.
By: SADSACK - 7th November 2018 at 17:45
Are the any parts unique to this variant?
By: Aerosquip - 7th November 2018 at 00:16
BBMF looked after this Spitfire and it was made cosmetically sound while at Coningsby. It was a bit of a basket case, iirc the wings were pretty jiggered (technical term), no one at BBMF thought it was a go’er at that time, but with enough money…
By: SADSACK - 6th November 2018 at 20:49
BBMF told me that if they could, they would
By: KurtB - 2nd November 2018 at 04:50
It was at BBMF for storage when 1 Sqn sold their Harriers. When the Sqn stood up again, it was given back. There’s no funding for it to be taken on to BBMF’s books, and the owners aren’t selling. It’s owned by the groundcrew of 1 Sqn.
By: R4118 - 1st November 2018 at 18:40
Get her to the BBMF and let them do their thing! They did it for TE311 let them do it for this one too
By: MK959 - 1st November 2018 at 16:40
Bring her back to the air !
By: D1566 - 1st November 2018 at 06:23
Looks better … 🙂 Could do with a few more exhaust stubs.
By: Mothminor - 31st October 2018 at 21:29
Photo taken at Lossie last October on the Highland Reserve Forces website – http://www.hrfca.co.uk/public-news/employers-go-behind-scenes-raf-lossiemouth/attachment/dsc_0683
By: Forestfan - 31st October 2018 at 19:43
It’s at RAF Lossiemouth.
By: KurtB - 31st October 2018 at 12:04
I believe it belongs to 1 Sqn Groundcrew, so it’ll be where they are, I’d think.
By: Bruce - 31st October 2018 at 10:16
It went through Vintage Fabrics in 2012, so the colour scheme will be right now at least!
By: sycamore - 31st October 2018 at 10:07
Any idea where the aircraft is now…?
By: Mark12 - 20th June 2005 at 17:19
Yes, I agree – quite awful! – Mind you you should see the state of some of the Harriers there! What was her original code?
JX-U
Mark
By: midiman69 - 20th June 2005 at 17:16
You’re very welcome – here’s a few more
By: Spiteful14 - 20th June 2005 at 17:12
Thanks for posting..
By: midiman69 - 20th June 2005 at 17:11
Yes, I agree – quite awful! – Mind you you should see the state of some of the Harriers there! What was her original code?
By: Moondance - 20th June 2005 at 16:59
Nice pics, awful colours!
By: Mark12 - 20th June 2005 at 16:53
LA255
Still serving with 7 Squadron, Bomber Command, with the Black XU code I see. :rolleyes:
Mark
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