They were all in the static at Sywell yesterday.
Rob

I see its now registered to a Cheltenham address? Any idea where it is based and weather we are likely to see it out and about at any events this year?

Not a great shot of the Blackbushe Lancasters from September 1955 but Im guessing the penultimate time they would appear in public? Of course I think photography was still banned at the RAF BofB airshows?
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Would love to see the Proctor in the civil scheme. But either way would just love to see it out and about, too many vintage aircraft are never seen at events like Popham, Sywell, North Weald etc

Returning to the question posed by the OP: I would like to propose an aircraft that entered RAF service in the immediate Post war (WW2) period and served for the next 20 years or so as Transport; Para drop; VIP; Flying classroom; reconaisance; and possibly light bombing and Aerial Shouting platform. It served in all theatres and in virtually every conflict involving the RAF during 1948-70 period. The RAF received about 250 and there is I believe only one complete survivor, displayed, but NOT by the RAFM

So, what is it and why isn’t there one at Hendon or Cosford?
Regards
Bill

aaah the mighty Vickers Valetta. Sadly like its civil counterpart the Valetta has not suffered well in preservation what with the Sunderland example going up in flames. I think its such a shame that Hendon does not have a single Transport Command aircraft.

That is excellent, and very imaginative, not sure it would be allowed in the UK? All they need now is a Tempest to shoot it down with!

3rd edition has nothing for Wroughton. Canberras mentioned are
Bassingbourne WD949 on dump
Catterick WH735,WK103 fire school
Colerne WJ676 preserved
Cosford WE145 ground trainer
Halton ground trainers wd999,wf907,wk131,wj878, wk132,wk134,wh695
Henlow WJ573 preserved
manston WF908, WD954 nose fire school
St Athan WH701 ground trainer
Swanton Morley WF887
Thurleigh WK135,WJ995 ground instruction
Upwood WH723 gate

Rob