Former FRADU Canberra TT.18s WJ614/846 and WK142/848 were both bought at auction by a US-buyer and flown out to the USA in 1995.
They were maintained for several years in airworthy condition but have since moved into open store.
There is another ex-FRADU TT.18 in the States, WJ574/844. This too used to be airworthy but is now also in open store somewhere keeping a JP Mk.3A company.
My hard disk is locked at present, making it impossible to access to my site to refresh my memory as to exactly where it is located, but both aeroplanes suffered damage in a recent hurricane if that helps!
FRADU operated Canberras from 1972 to 1992; the T.22 from 1974-85, a small number of T.4s from 1972-86 and around 10-12 TT.18s in total.
Five of the latter variant were kept on strength (3/4 active, 1/2 in store) from 1986 until retirement, which included the three above.
Of the others, WK126/843 was also going to fly out to the USA in 1995 but never made it. It’s now in store at Staverton.
The fifth aeroplane was WH887/847, which ended its days at Llanbedr as a Christmas tree for the DERA fleet.
No complete T.22s exist, only one cockpit section – WT525/855 owned and loved by Richy Doel.
Of the T.4s only one remains complete today, WJ874/857. That aeroplane is now owned by Air Atlantique and painted up as the prototype VN799.
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