Only two Skyraider AEW.1s exist in original form in the UK, WT983 in the FAAM reserve hangar, and WV106 which is the ex Flambards, Culdrose 849 display example which has always been displayed outside. Sadly it sits dismantled and left uncovered outside to the elements behind the reserve collection hangar.
One AEW.1 also exits in the USA aboard USS Medway.
3 ex AEWs converted into Swedish target tugs exist in Sweden.
That make six ex FAA Skyraiders preserved that I know of.
I believe the ex Swedish tugs that were at North Weald have since moved, possibly the same machines that are now back in Sweden?
I remember seeing these Skyraiders stored at F10 Ängelholm on 1.9.85. Later the same month both were dismanteled and shiped to the UK. This in a deal that brought a Grumman Goose to the Swedish Air Force museum.
From November 1985 to about September 1990 SE-EBK/M were stored at North Weald. The Skyraiders were then shipped to Pacific Fighters at Chino for possible restoration for Erickson Air Crane.
SE-EBK (7850), ex Bu.126867, WV181. Was reg G-BMFC and later became N4277N. This has been restored to flying condition, painted as Bu.126867 “Marines/RM-24”.
SE-EBM (7964) ex Bu.127949, WT951. Was reg G-BMFB and later N4277L. Not yet restored to flying condition. It was offered for sale a few years ago: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl…05/ai_n9031078
And here is a another one – a pic of SE-EBL (7937) ex Bu.127922, WT987, taken earlier this year: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1025292/M/
No signs of its current reg N5469Y…
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