All of KB976’s wings are with Kermit. He also has the fuselage of KB976 with the damaged rear fuselage section replaced by that of KB994. The section aft of the centre section of KB976 is in Australia with the tail section sans flying surfaces at Doncaster.

And the nose section of the ‘KB976’ now at Scampton is the ORIGINAL nose section that was replaced in the late 60s, rather than the one she had whilst at Strathallan etc. That also came from KB994

http://www.timefadesaway.co.uk/strathallan/kb976/kb_976_9.html

They did however, change from the two letter (XT) codes to three letter codes (RAJ) in common with most post war Auxiliary/Reserve squadrons on reformation. When colours started to become popular, the Mk22’s used the red/light blue checks and black border markings either side of the roundel. This marking has often been misinterpreted as light/dark blue checks but, as an ex 603 ‘Auld Reekie’ Regular, I can assure you that the colours reflect the city of Edinburgh (red and black) and the light blue represents the Aux AF – if that’s of any help?

As confirmed by the rather nice colour pic of their Vampies on the SCRAN website (Whose preview images seem to be getting smaller and smaller!)

http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-128-296-C&scache=5i5km34bkw&searchdb=scran

They also have a couple of shots of 603 Spits – mk 22

http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-128-288-C&scache=5i5km34bkw&searchdb=scran

RE codes – 602 had RAI, then went to LO before going to their Grey Douglas tartan squadron bands – I presume 603 went the same way (RAJ – XT – fighter bars)

Anyway, my reason for posting is to ask when the last time was that anybody would have had the opportunity to see five fully-assembled Lancasters in a single day. My guess would be the late-50s or early-60s.

If you had fast enough transport, could you do it in Canada?

I am pleased to respond to Tin Triangle, Consul and Newforest.

I believe that the Hawker Siddeley Dominie T1 XS726 will retain its current red, white and grey and is also in the original rear facing training seat configuration. Its final training role was as an instructional airframe (9273M) at RAF Cosford.

Sorry for any type confusion! 😮

She also retains the original Dominie nose section, so it’s excellent that one of those has entered proper preservation

It’s come quite down in height now it’s over Lincs, looks like she’s going straight into Conningsby

RAFM: can you tell us what is happening please?

The one consistent throuighout this whole saga is complete silence from RAFM – we know from the planning application they intend to display the Kittyhawk, but that’s it!

I hope they do, but having had a look at it last year, it’s not in a good condition