Vampire Survivor's

Brings back fond memories of the Sea Vampire graveyard at Brawdy in the early 1960s, and also of the 3 CAACU machines at Exeter.

I wish someone could persuade one or two of those nice French FB.6s to cross the Channel!

Type Serial C/N Del Date W/O Date WFU Date
T.55 U-1201 – 15sep1953 – 22may1984
T.55 U-1202 – 09nov1953 – 24mar1990
T.55 U-1203 3 14jan1954 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1204 864 13jan1956 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1205 865 23jan1956 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1206 866 17feb1956 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1207 867 15may1956 22sep1971
T.55 U-1208 868 06apr1956 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1209 869 25apr1956 09sep1971
T.55 U-1210 870 26jun1956 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1211 971 10jul1958 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1212 972 24oct1958 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1213 973 07nov1958 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1214 55092 16dec1958 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1215 975 30dec1958 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1216 976 20mar1959 – 07jun1990
T.55 U-1217 977 02mar1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1218 978 15mar1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1219 979 31mar1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1220 980 20apr1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1221 981 21apr1959 – 25aug1990
T.55 U-1222 982 23apr1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1223 983 19feb1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1224 984 27apr1959 – 27may1988
T.55 U-1225 985 carries DH-156 29apr1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1226 986 14may1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1227 987 25may1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1228 988 27feb1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1229 989 15jun1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1230 990 19jun1959 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1231 – 08jul1969 – 17dec1984
T.55 U-1232 – 27may1969 – 22may1984
T.55 U-1233 DH-37 30oct1968 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1234 DH-48913 18feb1968 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1235 DHP-44352 31mar1969 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1236 DHP-40303 10jun1969 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1237 DH-22277 13jun1969 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1238 DHP-40279 11aug1969 – 01jan1991
T.55 U-1239 DH-13 17nov1969 – 01jan1991

more later
Martin

Vampire

My little collection:-

DH. 100 Vampire FB.6 reg. LN-JET (ex-swiss J-1146) makes a low pass with extended speedbrakes at Kjeller airfield, Norway. Pilot is Øyvind Ellingsen.

DGH, lemme check the dates, I’ll come back about U-1226 when she was in Montréal.

Ok, anybody want to help fill in the gaps with the fate’s and current locations of the missing Swiss Vampire T55’s? Here’s my starter list :

U1207 – Crashed 09/09/71 – Volketswil
U1208 – ( HB-RVF as U1208 ) – Fliegermuseum, Altenrhein
U1209 – Crashed 22/09/71 – Eigergletscher
U1211 – Clin d’Ailes Museum, Payerne ( static )
U1213 – ( NX935HW ) – Privately owned, USA
U1214 – ( G-DHVV as XE897 ) – Source Classic Jet Flight, Hurn – For Sale
U1215 – ( G-HELV as XJ771 ) – Air Atlantique Historic Flight, Coventry
U1216 – ( 209 ) – Royal Jordanian Historic Flight
U1219 – ( G-DHWW as XG775 ) – Source Classic Jet Flight, Hurn – For Sale
U1221 – ( SE-DXV as 105 ) – Aeronautical Society of Ljungbyhed
U1222 – ( N23105 as WB188 ) – Ten Air, Anoka County
U1225 – ( ZK-RVM as NZ5712 ) – Brett Emeny, New Plymouth ( NZ )
U1226 – ( N——- ) – Privately owned, USA
U1228 – ( HB-RVJ as U1228 ) – Privately owned, Switzerland – For Sale
U1229 – ( F-AZGU as U1229 ) – Privately owned, France
U1230 – ( G-DHZZ as WZ589 ) – Source Classic Jet Flight, Hurn – For Sale
U1234 – Crashed Biggin Hill.

U1201 / 31 / 2 were retired early by the Swiss so I doubt these still fly but are they static somewhere, what happened to the others?

Some South African pictures !

Dh-112 G-GONE at Fairford 22 July 2002

Which is now G-DHVM and is part of the Air Atlantique Classic Fleet along with G-HELV.

Tom.

Another one

Christopher Lee.. 82 years and still going strong

Whoa, thanks Martin!

That shot of her with the tarp is very sweet.

I’ll update my website to include images of her when she was around here and I’ll post up the images.

#35 question.
Mike, according to Watkins’ Vampire book, page 217:
“During the late 1970s these aircraft were fitted with new UHF equipment, which was housed in a pointed nose similar to that of the Venom.”

and two general shots from that damp and cold day….

Martin

Cool Martin!

Do you have any shots of U-1226? My father would be much pleased to see them!

Sure 😎

Operational shots I will have to dig out in my storage department – could take a few days….

Martin

The CWH Swiss Vampire FB.9. I believe it was J-1145 now in 400 Squ. markings.

This is the second Vampire owned by the CWH. Back in the 1980s the CWH had a non-flying ex-RCAF Vampire 17020/N6863D. It was traded or sold away before the new building was built and static jets were added to the Museum

Jim

Cool Martin!

Do you have any shots of U-1226? My father would be much pleased to see them!

I have to say, the single-seaters really do look much nicer with the original noses.

Fully agreed !

will have to look up the exact details tonight – bear with me.

In the meantime, a few “original nose” jobs

Martin

….those were the days……

active Dh-100’s at Emmen, October 1986

Martin

and another French single seater

Dh-100 F-AZOO Colmar 30 June 2002

and two Swiss flyers

Dh-115 HB-RVJ ex U-1228
Dh-112 HB-RVB ex J-1630

Hütten 07 September 2002

Martin

a few eye-catchers

Dh-115 G-HELV, ex U-1215 at Cottesmore 30 July 2001

Dh-112 G-GONE at Fairford 22 July 2002

Dh-100 F-AZOP at Colmar 30 June 2002

Martin