Thanks – that’s a good start. Sad about its demise, though, but I suppose it was difficult to justify 3 “V” bombers in the circumstances and so the Valiant had to be sacrificed. I remember Wittering being a busy place as I think it held a large stock of nuclear weapons and I vividly rmember a bunch of us teenage cadets being taken though concete compounds and shown an “Atom bomb”!

Is the only one left at Cosford?

In 1957/8 ? I was at a CCF summer camp at Cottesmore which was full of brand new Victors and security kept us well away from them,they had an Anson and 2 Chipmunks for cadet flying experience.We were taken to Wittering and allowed full access to the Valiants although I don’t remember being shown any bombs.I’m pretty sure Group Captain J.Johnson was Station Commander at Cottesmore.
Colin.
I’ve just checked,Johnnie Johnson was at Cottesmore from 1957.

Roots.

I wonder if he remembers his Dis.A number? I was R708720.Only a distinguished few will know what I mean.
Colin:diablo::diablo:

Cheers chaps, it was a fantastic show, with loads of low flying, that I always love to see. Will post more tomorrow but off to bed as I have Man Flu :rolleyes: thank god for Codeine . 🙂

Sunstroke!!
Colin

Who said if it looks right it is right ??
Colin:D:D

Hurricanes at Kidlington

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Royal Air Force Flying Training and Support Units, Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain has a list; inc. FAA, this is what I have dredged such as from Action Stations. I will add US types later. All input gratefully received!

(HSAL-)Air Service Training/Hamble/Exeter/Marwell H: Spit(3,507),Anson
(1944 UK’s “largest fighter repair base” C.Ashworth,Action Stns/9,P147,PSL,85);

Air Dispatch Ltd./Heston: lightcraft;

Air Taxis Ltd./Barton: Anson;

Airworks&General Trading Co Ltd/Gatwick:Hurricane/Wellington;

Birkett Air Service Ltd./Heston: lightcraft;

(B’burn Repair Org)Blackburn A/c Ltd/Brough/Sherburn-in-Elmet: Barracuda, Swordfish;

Bristol Aeroplane Co/Banwell/Whitchurch: Beaufighter;

Brooklands Avn:Well’ton:C.Brom(71)/Doncaster/Shawbury/Sywell(1,841);/Squire’s Gate:Anson;

Brush Coachworks Ltd/Loughboro’:Hampden/Lancaster fuselage (flown{Field’s}Tollerton)

Cunliffe-Owen A/c Ltd/Eastleigh (/Marwell Hall,’41-44): Seafire(inc. conv 118), Typhoon;

DH A/c Co/Witney:Hurri(373)/Spit(399)/Dominie/Mosquito(shut,’46);/Hatfield: Mosquito (1,252)

English Electric Co. Ltd/Samlesbury: Halifax;

Fairfield Avn Ltd(Redwing Ltd)/Aldenham(Elstree): Lysander(1,217); Wellington(473); Master(67)

Fairey Avn Ltd/Stretton – 1944: Barracuda; Weybridge(ex-Saro)/Hamble – 1944:Barracuda

Field Consolidated A/c Svcs Ltd.(Hunting)/Tollerton:Hampden,Lancaster(in all,1,700 a/c),
/Hanworth (Aug.’40 ex-Rollason/Croydon):Oxford

Flight Refuelling Ltd./Staverton (1942-46):Typhoon/Meteor;

General A/c Ltd/Dunholme Lodge (44/45): Hamilcar;/Lasham (Mar.45-Oct.,48): Mosquito
/Hanworth: lightcraft, Spitfire, Hamilcar, Hotspur (closed,1948);/Tarrant Rushton: Hamilcar
General Aircraft (Airtraining(Oxford)Ltd.)/Kidlington: Hurricane;
General A/c(Airtraining(Fairoaks)Ltd.) (Universal Flying Services Ltd.): Beaufighter;

Gloster A/c Co.Ltd/Stoke Orchard: Typhoon;

Martin Hearn Ltd/Hesketh Pk: Anson/Hooton Park: Halifax, Mosquito(258);

Herts.&Essex Avn./Broxbourne:Proctor,Magister.

Helliwell’s Ltd./Walsall/Elmdon: Hurri;

Heston A/c Co.Ltd: Spitfire (650), Mosquito (1944/46 design: Sea Mosquito F.20/N.F.21);

Lancs. Aircraft Corpn. Ltd./Samlesbury: Beaufighter;

LMS Railway Wagon Works/Barassie: Spitfire (Supervised, Scottish Avn/P’wick {1,200}),
/Derby: Lancaster structure(Supervised by Field A/c Services/Tollerton);

Marshall/Teversham/½d Gr/Kinloss: Anson,Oxford,Mosquito,Albemarle,Tempest,Typhoon

Miles A/c Ltd/Woodley: Magister, Spitfire(>2,000); /Montrose: Oxford, Magister,Master;

Morris Aero Ltd/Cowley/Abingdon:Hurricane,Spit (some subbed to Miles),Master,Magister;

Morrison Engineering Ltd/Horsey Toll, Peterborough: Hurricane;

W.Mumford Ltd/Roborough: Tiger;

Portsmouth Aviation Ltd/Christchurch: Oxford;/Portsmouth: Horsa/Oxford

Reid & Sigrist Ltd/Desford: TT Defiant;

Rollason A/c & Engines Ltd/Hanworth: Hurricane;

David Rosefield Ltd/Barton: Hurricane, Fulmar;

Rootes Securities Ltd./Stoke, Meir: Blenheim, Spitfire;

Saunders-Roe Ltd/Weybridge(to 1944): Barracuda; /Beaumaris & Cowes Marine: Walrus;

Scottish Avn.Ltd/Prestwick:Lysander,Spit;/Dumfries:Typhoon;Greenock/Largs:Sunderland

Short Bros./Windermere/Wig Bay: Sunderland;

Shrager Bros./Old Warden: Magister, Proctor, Kirby Cadet (11);

Southern Aircraft Ltd./Gatwick: Beaufighter, impressed civil types;

S.S Motors Ltd/Leamington Hastings: Whitley;

Taylorcraft Aeroplanes/Rearsby: Typhoon(281), Tiger(339), Hurricane(368), Auster(235);

Westland A/c Ltd/Yeovilton: -1944: Spit/Seafire; /Doncaster: Lysander

I can also comfirm that Hurricanes were refurbished/repaired at Kidlington,the widow of the airfield manager still lives near me and told me about Hurricanes at Kidlington.
Colin.