The last "Air Show" at RAF Hendon, September 1965

Thanks Steve, I hadn’t really twigged that single sea Vampires would have been well out of service by then. The Flanders monoplane must have been G-BAAF from Booker, the Antoinette and Demoiselle would have been from the Magnificent man film.
Rob

The Vampire and Venom were long-since-grounded airframes. Here is the list of what was there:

HENDON BoB, Saturday September 11th 1965

Static; Antoinette – /8, Cadet TX.3 WT902, Demoiselle, Flanders Monoplane – /2, Fokker E.III 157 (G-AVJO), Sedbergh TX.1 XN155, Spitfire I K9942/RN-V, Vampire FB.5 “PD340” (VX461), Venom NF.3 7458M (WX905) ex.23 Sqn

Flying; Argosy C.1 XP441, Chipmunk T.10 WB626 (carried under Wessex), Gnat T.1 XR986, XR987, XR991, XR992, XR993, XR994, XR995, XR996, XS111 “Red Arrows” CFS, WA.116 G-ARRT, Wessex HC.2 XR498/M, XR505/N, XS676 Odiham

I may be wrong on the serial… its the one that was in the BoB hall

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X4561…a new one to me.

Mark

I may be wrong on the serial… its the one that was in the BoB hall

Did the jets fly-in for the show, were there anymore? Thought Hendon had been declared not safe for jets back in the Auxiliary Air Force days? Were there any based flying units then?
Rob

X4561 remains at Hendon, K9942 moved to Cosford after restoration by MAPS.

X4561…a new one to me.

Mark

The Venom is sitting outside the Northern-most hangar of the two that remained at Hendon. The gap between them was filled in with The Dermot Boyle Hall when the Museum was opened. In later years, and even now but I cannot confirm for sure, behind the corner of the hangar sits the Supermarine Stranraer. The galleries that once contained the remarkable artefacts were built out from the Hangar wall to a point just behind the aircraft.

Cheers SS for the gen

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I thought this one was in the main hall? mind you I think it was years ago I see it

X4561 remains at Hendon, K9942 moved to Cosford after restoration by MAPS.

Moved from Cosford?

I thought this one was in the main hall? mind you I think it was years ago I see it

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Thanks for sharing – I’m trying to work out where the areas are. Is the Venom roughly where Milestones is now?

Thank you for this post, and the baby Spitfire is still there I think

Moved from Cosford?

Thank you for this post, and the baby Spitfire is still there I think