RE: XV474
As I understand it, ownership of XV474 has transferred to the IWM…I rather like to see it sat next to the Lightning also in 74 Sq markings…:)
Little ancedote here…when I was a baby I was a bit of a squawker i.e. I bawled/snotted/guess the rest non stop and drove my parents mad…we lived in Wyton and at the time, Phantoms were based at Alconbury (Not sure what squadron, can anyone help me on this? I was born in May 1979)
Now these Phantoms used to scream their way past our kitchen window and you would have thought that baby+loud noise=screaming baby wouldn’t you? Not me…they’d fly over and I’d stop squawking and be all smiles (ok, maybe it was wind) and look all excited…as soon as the planes had gone though I’d be off again…:P
So maybe my interest in aircraft comes from those early days in Wyton? 😉
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