From ukserials.com
VF281 Vampire F1 d/d 11/09/1946, to Exhibition Airframe 05/04/1949, later scrapped
Possibly engineless when an exhibition airframe as it would be less to lift when assembling and dismantling and the engine could be put to good use
VV695 Vampire FB5 d/d 12/05/1949, to No.58 MU Newton Exhibition Pool 26/05/1949 as 7356M, since scrapped
From UK Serials http://www.ukserials.com/
Robert is a frequent contributer to the forum
He posts under his own name, he is on page 10 of letter R on the member list
No pictures in W&R.
May be worth contacting Robert Whitton as he has been very much involved in historic aircraft in Scotland
The S6B in the Science Museum is S1595.
The aircraft in the photographs is the S6A N248 incorrectly painted as S1596, N248 is now displayed at Solent Sky in Southampton.
Makes more sense now as I thought that the S6B was probably with the Science Museum at the time.
Thanks for the correction
W&R 8th Edition
Sold for £6,000 to SACT and moved to Perth on 8/8/81
Must have moved to Strathallan during life of W&R 6 as itis mentioned in W&R 7 but not W&R 5
and isn’t K9942 still at Cosford?
I stand corrected it is still at Cosford
XM479 Jet Provost flying from Newcastle Airport
P2617 Hurricane in Battle of Britain Museum at Hendon
XK969 Whirlwind perished Manston Fire School 1991
K9942 Spitfire RAF Museum Hendon
K8042 Gladiator in Battle of Britain museum
X4590 Spitfire Battle of Britain Museum Hendon
TJ138 Mosquito RAF Museum Hendon
XF420 Hunter w/o 27/07/1973, scr. 1975 at Chivenor
S1596 Supermarine S6B Science Museum
XN148 Sedbergh T21 privately owned in Germany
Good survival rate with only two no longer in existence
What happened to the JU87 (replica)?
curlyboy
Went to the International Luftfahrt Museum at Schwenningen
Between 1979 and 1992 during transits at FRA I noted the following inside the terminal or on the terrace.
If I have got any of the identities wrong please let me know!Laurence
c/n 4828 C53B LN-KLV “Norfly” “65371” (N65371)
c/n 535 CASA 2-111 ( exBR21-14)
Hütter 17a
c/n 54 Ju52/3m D-CIAS (exT2B-144, N88927)
Nord 1002 D-EFAG?
Rhönbaby
Bü131 D-EFEI (ex E3.B-506)
c/n 1917 Klemm 35 D-ELLY (ex Swedish A F 5028)
c/n 578 SV4C 5-78 Belgian AF marks (? cn 578, F-BDDY)
c/n 86618 Tiger Moth No 732 RAF marks (PG732-F-BGEE?)
F84 DJ-134 Luftwaffe (51-1733 ex DD-374).
AV36D-8373
c/n 6437 Dragon Rapide D-IGUN
Fokker DR1
MS317 F-BBQE
Noralpha D-EACF
Nord 1002 D-EFAG (cn 163. D-EACS, D-EAOR, D-EHUX, HB-OAR. To Stuttgart)
Olympia D-1956
PRII Glider
Ryan NYP Replica NX211
Storch D-EMWF
Venom 1 J-1635 Swiss AF
Bf109 coded “6”
Me262 coded “5”
54 Me163B1
Additional details from European Wrecks & Relics by Mike Bursell.
Most moved to various locations after 1988 and were all part of the Air Classiks collection
Brian was a true gent and enthusiast.
He was one of the main reasons that I attended the early events at North Weald.
Quite true that he wiould carry a large stock and was always accompanied by his faithfull pet dog.
His little house in West London was always open to any enthusiast who cared to call. His back room doubled as a sales office.
Another one of a passing generation
We be missed
pm sent
RAF Museum Aircraft at Abingdon
History of Wellington last flown 1952
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/collections/aircraft/aircraft_histories/69
-A-171%20Wellington%20X%20MF628.pdf
History of Hurricane last flown 1944
Gladiator
Defiant last flown 1944
The engines were two Napier Elland E220
The main rotor was from the S-64
Hurricane at Abingdon
The Hrricane is P2617 and was at the time coded AF:T.
An original aircraft used in May 1940 by 607 Squadron in France then in September from Tangmere during the Battle of Britain.
The aircraft is now at Hendon