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  • in reply to: Chester Airport Mystery Aircraft- MIG? #1335414
    Thunderbird167
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    According to wrecks & Relics 20 there are the following

    Mig 27 coded 23 red
    Su17M-3 coded 35 red
    Su17B coded 54 red

    all with Hawarden Air Services

    in reply to: EF111 crash in bucks ? #1254930
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    66-0056 20FW 42nd ECS. ‘UH’ Crashed and destroyed 2 April 1992 at Barton Hartshorn near Finmere Buckinghamshire UK due to a fuel duct failure. (Doc Servo). No casualties. Pilot. CAPT Jeff Coombe and WSO. CAPT David Gevenish ejected and survived

    Moggy, I Think this is probably the other one as tey had all returned to the US by the end of 1993

    68-0052 Crashed and destroyed 17 September 1992. Crashed on landing RAF Upper Heyford Rwy 09. Unsuccessful ejection attempted after ground impact short of the threshold. The module had been damaged in the initial ground impact, and subsequently did not achieve sufficient altitude to permit proper parachute deployment. (info from Don Logan’s F-111 Aardvark reference book.) FATAL. CAPT Jerry C. Lindh and MAJ D. Michael McGuire did not survive

    Source http://www.f-111.net

    in reply to: Vampire Mk 1, 3 and 5 #1257203
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    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

    in reply to: Harrier GR.3 crash 18/7/1979 in germany #1274971
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    Pilot was Captain Thomas Pasquale

    in reply to: Request pics. Burn Yorks. airfield #1287144
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    There are two very good books that were published by the 578 Squadron Association which are well worth tracking down

    Based at Burn
    Hardcover: 431 pages
    Publisher: 578 Burn Association (May 1995)
    ISBN: 0952531704

    Based at Burn II
    Hardcover: 512 pages
    Publisher: Hugh Cawdron (1 May 2001)
    Language English
    ISBN: 0952531712

    in reply to: Help with Photo's of rare types #1301227
    Thunderbird167
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    This aircraft is in the Tulsa Air & Space Museum, they might be able to help with photos

    Ranger 2000
    Built as a concept aircraft for the military’s Joint Primary Aircraft Training Systems competition the Ranger 2000 was the Rockwell entry built in conjunction with Germany’s DASA. The Ranger’s flight testing for military evaluation was performed at Tulsa International Airport. The museum’s aircraft is one of two prototypes remaining.

    mailto:jmcgough@tulsamuseum.com

    The two cessna illustrations are from http://www.cessnawarbirds.com

    The Fantrainer is from http://ingbuero.xr1000.de/images/projekte/imagepages/imageindex.html#image0

    in reply to: Spitfire profiles #1305819
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    http://www.warbirds.be/spitfire/spitfiretree.htm is a good place for spitfire profiles

    in reply to: Beagle Husky #1324764
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    Husky XW635 is registered as G-AWSW to Carl Tyers at Spanhoe and was presented to No 5 AEF at Cambridge by Hughie Green not Billy Butlin.

    The aircraft regained its civilian marks on 19/4/89

    in reply to: RAF Credenhill #1331897
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    RAF CREDENHILL

    RAF Credenhill,, situated North West of Hereford, opened and housed No: 11 School of Technical Training in June 1940. It then supported at various times the RAF Secretarial Branch, the RAF Equipment Officers School, No: 1 School of General Service Training, the RAF School of Administrative Training and until 1985, No: 1 School of Catering until that moved to Aldershot. From March 1974 until 1982 it housed the WRAF School of Recruit Training, then in 1983 the camp saw the formation of the Youth Training Squadron (YTS). In all the time RAF Credenhill had been used, and despite the presence of its hangers, it has never housed an airstrip. In 1994 the YTS closed and the Army bought the site. After 22 SAS Regiment had obtained funding to develop the site, extensive rebuilding which started in 1997 took place. 22 SAS finally moved into Credenhill in May 1999.

    From http://members.aol.com/cartypat/sas.htm

    in reply to: Paphos Shackletons Saved #1251672
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    yes it is Flamant F-AZEN

    All three aircraft were owned by Savvas Constantinides

    in reply to: North East Aircraft Museum – 01/06/06 #1258454
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    For GASML

    There are actually two Luton’s

    A Minor G-AFUG which was orginally built by Mr Brown in Stanley during the second world war. It was restored by Ken Fern and painted with the period registration G-AFUG although it was never registered.

    There is also a Major built in Peterlee by Peter Jobes but not finished before being donated to the museum.

    in reply to: Southend Aircraft Museum Scans 1972ish #1267641
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    Sea Fury

    The Sea Fury WJ288 was purchased from the museum by Patrick Luscombe and based at Lympe for restoration. A Fiat G-46 (MM53211) was also at Lympe. They were to be operated as the British Air Reserve along the lines of the Confederate Air Force.

    The Sea Fury became G-SALY on 12.7.83 but was sold to Warbirds of Great Britain (Doug Arnold) in 1988.

    The aircraft is airworthy in the USA.

    There are photographs of the Lancaster/Lincoln remains that are currently at Sandtoft on the scrapyard thread.

    There was also a detailed thread on the Historic Aircraft Museum and the disposal of the aircraft running a couple of months ago called 1980s Southend which has much detail

    in reply to: Southend Aircraft Museum Scans 1972ish #1267865
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    Southend Museum

    The Historic Aircraft Museum as it was opened in 1971.

    Many of the exhibits canme from the former British Historic Aircraft Museum which started at Biggin Hill in 1966. The BHAM bought a number of interesting aircraft from 1966 to 1967 including the J29, Sea Fury, Sea Hawk, DHA Drover and Mitchell.

    The Mitchell was apprently purchased for £100 after spending a number of years at Biggin Hill after use on the films War Lover and 633 Squadron.

    in reply to: The Wyvern #1291740
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    Wyverns in Suez

    Both pilots were rescued from the sea by Whirlwinds. The second loss was at the time one of the longest rescue flights.

    The missions were all ground attack raids with either bombs or rockets. The attacks were on airfields or bridges in the main.

    Sorry for the delay in replying been away on business

    in reply to: The Wyvern #1297720
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    Wyverns during Suez

    830 Squadron from HMS Eagle had nine Wyverns S4 on operations in Suez

    They operated daily from 1st-6th November.

    Two aircraft were lost

    3rd Nov 1956 WN330/379 due to flak damage

    5th Nov 1956 WN328/374 due to flak

    Two additional Wyverns joined Eagle on 4th Nov

    Information from Air War Over Suez by Brian Cull

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