“It appears newly built aeroplanes from Sywell have a trip to Duxford within days of the first flight, anyone else noted this?”

Duxford has a longer runway than Sywell so might be more suitable for post restoration test flights. Also is Sywell restrictive on the number of day flying can take place ?

Not sure what your wanting to find but Merryfield is covered by the book “Action Stations 5”  It states that 208AFS arrived November 1951, was renamed 10FTS in 1954, changed to 9FTS and disbanded February 1955.

I assume your interest is in Vampire VF300 which crashed (fatal) near Yeovil 11th July 1952

AA    Not sure how the PM system works / does not work not seeing any buttons ?  Expect our paths have crossed before as DOUGHNUT and CADman has lived on this Forum for many years.   Try connecting to me through Flickr, you should be able to view and contact me it even if your not a member. http://www.flickr.com/photos/133568726@N02/albums/72177720300513444

Paul

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