But just like the strange rumour cycle that suddenly erupted when Moggy C disappeared for a day or two then perhaps we are reading too much into Mark12’s disappearance.

What makes you think that was a rumour, Malcolm? Despite disingenuously misleading responses and deletion of the thread, it wasn’t a rumour that Moggy was banned for a couple of weeks following a complaint and then after reinstatement flounced until someone noticed he was gone.

It’s clear that many people have a great deal of respect for Mark12’s contribution to this forum and his absence leaves it a poorer place. However, when a moderator repeatedly deletes his posts out of personal pique, you can hardly blame Mark12 for taking his bat home.

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Shuttleworth Collection Military Pageant 05/08/2012_3180 by Rob Leigh, on Flickr

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Flying Legends 2012_7299 by Rob Leigh, on Flickr

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pm631 by Rob Leigh, on Flickr

I’m in agreement, the photos, which I found during a quick google, don’t suggest blue and white, they’re Sky/EDSG. The one on the Airliners.net link is pretty clear. However, they do confirm that the Wyvern stood guard in front of the museum. The Blackburn NA.39 neatly fits the bill for the blue and white scheme.

Blackburn NA39 – Yeovilton October 2009 by Rob Leigh, on Flickr

Here’s the Cobham Hall Skyraider.

Douglas Skyraider AEW1 – Yeovilton October 2009 by Rob Leigh, on Flickr

Mike, that sounds like a case of the tail wagging the Corgi.

• NMUSAF
• Beijing
• NASM Uzvar-Hady
• MAAM

Plus the two that Setter reported…..

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?31334-Black-widow-went-to-Europe

It just had to be put right.

You were lucky to see it Rob, I think it has spent most of the time in storage for the past few years

It came out of storage in 2012 according to http://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/fairey-firefly-tt1-z2033/2-4-66.aspx