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Vampire Mk 1, 3 and 5

Can anyone point me in the right direction to find a list of Vampire 1, 3 & 5’s by serial number. i am particularly interested in those of 72 Sqn.

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By: TomDocherty72 - 12th August 2006 at 08:57

Serials

Thanks everyone.

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By: Jagx204 - 11th August 2006 at 16:57

72 Sqn Vampires:

F1,s (Feb 1947 – 1948)
TG289/FG H, TG293/FG A, VF304/FG T, VF309/FG W, VF329/FG K

F3’s (1948 – Mar 1950)
VT821/FG A, VT822/FG E, VT865/FG V, VT872/FG W, VV194/FG B

F5’s (Mar 1950 – 1952)
VV527/L, VV544/V, VZ182/A, VZ260/B, VZ272/D, VZ304/N, WA217/C, WA361/F, WA428/H

Info courtesy of Fighter sqn’s of the RAF by John D R Rawlings, published by Macdonald

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By: Thunderbird167 - 11th August 2006 at 15:06

Mk 1
TG274-315, TG328-355, TG370-389, TG419-448, VF265-283, VF300-334

Mk3

TG275, VF335-348, VF317, VG692-703, VT793-835, VT854-874, VV187-213

Mk 5

VV214-232, VV443-490, VV525-569, VV600-611, VV614-640, VV655-700, VV717-736, VX461-464, VX471-476, VX950-990, VZ105-155, VZ161-197, VZ206-241, VZ251-290, VZ300-359, VZ808-852, VZ860-877, WA101-150, WA159-208, WA215-264, WA271-320, WA329-348, WA355-403, WA411-460, WE830-849,WA793-807, WG826-847

According to De Havilland Aircraft since 1909 by A J Jackson published by Putnam

The Air Britain Serial Monographs should hepl identify those that served with 72 Sqn

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By: TempestV - 11th August 2006 at 15:03

Hi Tom

have sent you a pm.

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