Thanks for the info Adrian. There may well be more slides from this air to air that will pin down the individual aircraft identities.

I am tempted to start a ‘post your favourite JP pic here’ but after noting the large number of forumites with connections or passion for the type, perhaps not. Wouldn’t want to start a photographic stampede.

Didn’t the FAA operate the ******* offspring of a Mosquito and a Dornier 217 as target tugs?

LR359 an FB.Mk VI was fitted with arrestor gear and on March 25th 1944 (Thats 65 Years tomorrow) !! made the first British twin engined type to land on an aircraft Carrier. Pilot Lt Cdr EM (Winkle) Brown and the Carrier HMS Indefatigable. No doubt the more informed will be able to elaborate on this mark far better than me.

The Sea Hornet looks so similar that it could well be developed from the Mossie, but I am sure our very own Hornet specialist will be able to put us right.

I will go through the slides and see if I have any pics.

Dornier 217 tugs- now that I would love to see.

Maybe weird or wacky, but certainly wonderful

This one do it for you Chox?

No info, so if anyone out there can put some detail to it I would be grateful

Cracking pic jetflap. Quirky design and not built any any great numbers.
Have to agree with Mike- The Skyray was just gorgeous.
Shouldn’t forget the Grumman Panthers and Cougars tho.
A few more from the archive to keep the thread running for RN airframes.
Sadly I am not smart enough to improve the Sea Hornet? pic, so cannot grab the serial.

Just this from the Heritage archives.
We believe it was taken as it returned to Warton from canopy ejection tests. There may be more, not found them yet tho