I would go with the Record Card, especially given the long length of service with 14 Sqn, long after 66 Sqn had disbanded (in ‘Biography of a Thoroughbred ‘ 66sqn is listed after 14 Sqn in time order).

Frank Mason’s book was excellent when it came out, the first book dedicated to the Hunter, and deservedly well received ; however, the appendices have the odd error, particularly regarding squadron allocations.

And talking of mistakes, sorry, I copied the Aden squadrons the wrong way round from ‘Aeromilitaria’ : should have been 8 & 43 , then 8 Squadron.

Regarding movement by road, you could try phoning West London Aero Club at White Waltham, as they moved a Gannet from West Berks to the airfield a few months ago. You need to talk to the airfield owner, sorry I don’t know his contact details.

The condition of their Gannet isn’t great, either – and it hasn’t been near the sea for years….

I agree that the aircraft used as props in the film ‘Full Metal Jacket’ were ex Bristows, but they were civil spec Wessex Mk.60’s, and had been used by Bristows to supply oil rigs etc. Some were stored at Hurn a few years back, but I didn’t know that any had gone to NZ.

The WA.. number should be on the main cabin door frame, if I recall.

In the unlikely event…

In the unlikely event that any BAPC member organisation would like an exhibit that’s a little different, please could you tell the gathering that a rare Yak-28 ‘Brewer’ in Hungary is in dire need of a good home?

Brisbane Beaufort

I went to see Ralph and his Beaufort in May, and couldn’t agree more with your sentiment about the give it a go attitude.

That’s why they are going to fly the QANTAS 707 back ‘home’ from Southend.

I seem to remember there was a group trying to get Edward Hulton’s Sunderland and fly it to Oz a few years ago; what a shame they weren’t succesful….

Hurricanes

Two Hurricane Mk. IVs, KZ191 and KZ321, were recovered from a scrapyard in Israel during the late 1970s or early 1980s. There’s brief mention of this in the AE 6 sqdn feature.

TT, I for one would be very surprised if the Israeli AF operated any Hurricanes. Also, I’ve never seen any reference to Hurricanes in Ecuador. CW has it that they received P-47D Thunderbolts post-war, which were replaced by Meteor FR.9s. The only Latin-American Hurricane connection that I’m aware of, is that at least one Hurricane was sold to Argentina around 1946/47ish.

Regards,

Jan

I saw those Hurricanes in the Israeli scrapyard in 1974, or rather I saw one of them; I believe the second was right next to it but obscured from our view.
What I saw was a bare fuselage,with the Merlin engine still attached.My chum and I didn’t gain access to the yard, the owner was just locking up and didn’t look very friendly. Now I wish we’d asked him…

The yard was in Jaffa (Jafo?) by the way, in the southern suburbs of Tel Aviv. We stumbled across it whilst getting lost trying to find the old harbour at Jaffa.

I’ve read somewhere that the identities of these wrecks were a bit uncertain; can anyone confirm or deny this? And where is the second airframe, the one that remains unrestored? I’d love to see it again after all these years.