From a box marked ’39-45 Germany’.

Mark

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61/62/63 All CASA 2.111 at the Southend Museum sometime in the ’70s

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64-68 Junkers Ju-87 outside the RAF Museum at Hendon Summer 1976 after arrival from St.Athan prior to being installed. Not sure how long these Luftwaffe aircraft were outside, but I wish more museums would do this

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The same JU-87 with rudder in undercoat white when part of the Colerne collection,June 1970.

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Above and below – Lindsay Walton’s Me-108 (actually a Nord 1002) at Coltishall outside 65 Sqn’s hangar in the early 70s.

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More please!

Hi.
Found this in a book on Aerobatic teams, shows XN694 landing at Brawdy
in 1968. Pic by J W Peck.
Phil.

Thank you Bruggen this is MY book!!

A few more.

Canberra, Hunter, Meteor & Vampire, starting with this evocative ‘spotter’s shot’ over the wire of a Canberra at Coltishall in 1968.

Mark

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14 Sqn.B(I)8 from Wildenrath

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Pretty rare 100 Sqn. Canberra B.2. Think only one B2 and one T4 appeared in the red/white/grey training scheme.

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This is definately at Duxford circa 1973-75

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Vintage Pair CFS Meteor T.7 WA669 which collided with the Vampire
at Mildenhall in May 86(I think!)

Meteor F.8, WH291 of 79 Sqn., 229 OCU from Chivenor circa 1973 – one of the last Meteors in RAF service – location unknown.
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Vintage Pair Vampire and Meteor with XH304 and WF791 in mid 80s

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Original Vintage Pair CFS Meteor T.7 WA669 and Vampire XK624 circa 1970-71

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Above and below taken at Salisbury Hall Mosquito Aircraft Museum – rare Venom NF10 in 23 Sqn. markings.

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Vampire T.11, XD452 at Salisbury Hall later went on a pole at RAF Cranwell, but corroded and had to be scrapped.

Many thanks for this. I’m not too sure how accessible the BBC Archive is to the general public at the moment but I’m planning to visit the Records & Research centre at the FAAM Yeovilton again later this Autumn so will see what they have. Roly, I’ve also sent you a private message.

All the best,

Mark

Mark,

I did this a few years ago and all they had were three b/w photos, one of Freds Five and two of Simons Sircus taken air-to-air. None of the ground shots of the team + lion, but they may have unearthed something since then.

RobMAc, thanks for the photo’ of the Sea Vixen you restored. Showing my ignorance, where is the ‘Midland Air Museum’. I would very much like to see the a/c. I cannot see from your photo’ what tail insignia it has, but I flew the a/c many times in 1969/70 when I was a staff instructor on 766 sqdn, and the a/c was assigned to that sqdn.

It’s at Coventry Airport and in 890 Squadron markings.

Hi–

If this 748 is ferriable…how about the Science Museum airliner fleet at Wroughton? Surely a 748 would be a good fit there.

I didn’t realize this very successful British design was unrepresented in any UK museum. That’s unfortunate. The 748 is well-regarded over here in Canada also, having served well as the proverbial “DC-3 replacement” with a number of short-haul/bush operators. Yet, now that you mention it, I don’t think one is preserved here either. Some are still around–and some still operate–but none is in a museum collection iirc…Hm!

S.

Yes indeed, it fits in with their collecting but not with their budget! Regret the SM are so tight and so beaurocratic that I can’t see anything else being added to the collection at Wroughton. They wanted a Viscount and had the chance to acquire G-CSZB of BAF immediately after its retirement at Southend. They took too long dithering over the price of it that it became unairworthy and then they wouldn’t pay for it to be roaded to the museum. Hence they had no Viscount, so I can’t see this 748 going there unless its donated to them and flown in for free!! 🙁

Did anyone get the first one? Looks like Hixon.

Post 46 looks similar to Finmere.

Peter

No, but not far away. To give you a clue, I was flying from Sywell to Rendcomb.