SWAM

South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM)


An exciting venture by Gary Spoors of GJD Services and John Sparks of Horizon Aircraft Services utilizing their own, and loaned, exhibits.
The following aircraft are now in place on the St Athan Picketston Business Park, with many more to follow. Open on weekends and public holidays. 

Type	Westland SH-14D Lynx
Identity	272
MSN	124
Status	On display in Hangar
History	16/07/79 first flight at Yeovil as SH-14B G-17-23 - 02/08/79 to Marignane, France for fitting out with mission equipment by Aerospatiale - 30/01/80 delivered to the Royal Netherlands Navy and entered service with 860 Sqn at de Kooy - c1993 upgraded to SH-14D - 2011 withdrawn from use and became an instructional airframe at Gilze Rijen - c.11/19 acquired by Hayward and Green Defence of Woodmancote, West Sussex and displayed - 06/22 loaned to SWAM and departed West Sussex for an event at Heveningham Hall, Suffolk 02-03/07/22 - 06/07/22 arrived at St Athan, with Horizon Aircraft Services for restoration - 13/08/22 moved to SWAM for display

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Type	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29
Identity	526
MSN	2960525887
Status	Crash wreckage on display in Hangar
History	Russian Air Force "26 red" - TsAGI Zhukhovsky Research Institute "526" - 24/07/93 w-o in mid-air collision with MiG-29 925 during formation display at RIAT Fairford - c96 wreckage scrapped at Enstone, cockpit and other parts saved - c98 Fenland & West Norfolk Aviation Museum, West Walton Highway - 01/07/19 to SWAM

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Type	Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
Identity	54439
MSN	580-9883
Status	Displayed outside
History	1956 delivered to French Air Force under the Mutual Defense Aid Program - SLVSV EC.13 Lahr - 04/57 SLVSV EC.13 Colmar - c62 SLVSV EC.7 Metz "7-DE" - late 60's SLVSV EC.2 Dijon "2-HE" - unknown CEVSV.338 Nancy "338-HB" - by late 72 CIFAS.328 Bordeaux "WI" - 25/01/78 returned to USAF charge and flown to RAF Sculthorpe - 05/06/79 by road to the North East Air Museum, Sunderland for preservation - 22/01/20 to SWAM

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Type	Hiway Spectrum Hang Glider
Identity	BAPC.251
MSN	n/a
Status	On display in Hangar
History	This Spectrum was won by Ian Fyffe of Lytham St. Annes in a 1978 Aeroplane Monthly competition. During 1986 it was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, and put into storage. On an unknown date it moved to the Science Museum store at Wroughton, from where it came to SWAM in January 2022.

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Type	Aero Spacelines B-377-SGT Super Guppy Turbine
Identity	F-BTGV
MSN	0001
Status	Flightdeck on display in Hangar
History	Built using a new fuselage mated to the cockpit, wings, tail, and main landing gear of an unknown Boeing KC-97G - 25/09/69 reg N211AS - 24/08/70 first flight - 24/09/71 reg cancelled - 29/09/71 reg F-BTGV to Airbus Industrie/Aeromaritime - Airbus Skylink "1" - 03/90 16,160 Flying Hours inc those as a KC-97 - 01/07/96 flown to Bruntingthorpe for preservation - reg cancelled 07/02/97 - 01/21 broken up - 04/02/21 nose to SWAM

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Type	Boeing 747-467 “Jumbo Jet”
Identity	B-HUI
MSN	27230/1033
Status	Flightdeck on display in Hangar
History	First Flight 03/06/94 - delivered 10/06/94 to Cathay Pacific Airways as VR-HUI - re-reg B-HUI 01/09/97 - wfu 30/09/16 - ferried Hong Kong-Manchester-Bruntingthorpe 27-31/10/16 - broken up 07/17 , flightdeck saved - to St Athan 12/01/19

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Type	Boeing 707-436
Identity	G-APFG
MSN	17708/128
Status	Flightdeck on display in Hangar
History	09/05/60 first flight as N5094K - 23/06/60 delivered to BOAC as G-APFG - 30/03/73 to British Airtours - 03/11/80 final flight to Stansted for ATEL as GIA - 24/04/81 reg cancelled as PWFU - c87 to Qualitair - 03/89 broken up - 09/05/89 fuselage to Cardington for fire suppression trials - 04/00 broken up by GJD Services, nose to Bruntingthorpe - by 04/03 to Cove, Hampshire - by mid 2004 to Pershore, Worcs - 16/04/19 to SWAM, St Athan

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Type	Douglas DC-6A
Identity	G-APSA
MSN	45497/995
Status	Stored/under restoration in GJD Services Compound
History	13/06/58 reg CF-MCK to Maritime Central Airways - 12/02/59 reg G-APSA to Maritime Central Airways - 28/07/59 to Eagle Aviation Ltd - 05/01/61 to to British Eagle International Airlines - 24/02/64 reg HZ-ADA to Saudi Arabian Airlines - 71 reg 4W-ABQ to Yemen Airways - 71 Withdrawn from use at Sanaa, Yemen - 13/02/87 reg G-APSA to Instone Air Line Ltd - 03/12/97 to RVL Aviation Ltd - 03/08/07 to Air Atlantique Ltd - by 09/07 painted in 1950's KLM scheme as "PH-TGA" - 31/12/07 declared as 35,165 total flying hours - 05/08 repainted in British Eagle scheme - late 08 grounded after corrosion found in the tail - 23/05/09 CofA expired - 05/09/12 to Instone Air Services Ltd - 03/12/12 to G-APSA Ltd - late 18 acquired by GJD Services - 04/20 dismantling started - 28/04/21 rear fuselage section arrived at St Athan - 29/07/21 front fuselage section arrived at St Athan

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Type	Beagle A.61 Terrier I (Auster AOP.6)
Identity	G-ARNO/VX113
MSN	3722
Status	On display in Hangar in damaged condition
History	Built 1948 as AOP.6 VX113 - 29/10/48 Awaiting collection - 15/11/48 delivered to 20 MU Aston Down - 13/12/49 662 Sqn, Colerne "ROB-V" - c04/51 recoded "V" - c02/57 651 Sqn, Debden/Middle Wallop/Aldergrove - 02/05/61 SOC and sold - 08/05/61 reg G-ARNO to Beagle-Auster Aircraft Ltd, Leicester - converted to A.61 Terrier I - 26/07/61 Sprague and Price Ltd, Liverpool - 16/04/62 A. F. Butcher, Chiseldon - 04/12/68 Syndicate, Wiltshire - 27/04/78 Syndicate, Wiltshire - 05/06/80 M.B.Hill, Swindon - 17/12/91 Cancelled by CAA - 21/02/03 R. B. Webber, Chulmleigh - deconverted to AOP.6 - 07/02/12 Exemption issued to wear marks "VX113" - 22/05/13 M. C. B. Wills, Doncaster - 03/12/21 H. A. Hyde, Southend - 10/03/22 Total Flying Hours 3140 - 20/04/22 R. A. Hyde, Ipswich - 07/06/22 Landing accident at Fowlmere "The aircraft sank quickly as the pilot flared for landing. The pilot stated that he was slow to apply power to cushion the landing. The aircraft bounced, pitched forward, and nosed over." Damage to engine, wings and tail - 08/22 by road to Horizon Aircraft Services, St Athan for assessment - 25/10/22 J.L.Sparks, St Athan - 04/03/23 to SWAM

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Type	Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2
Identity	G-AZHJ
MSN	577
Status	Fuselage stored near GJD Compound
History	Built for RAF as XP295 - 28/11/60 first flight at Prestwick - 01/03/61 awaiting collection - 02/03/61 230 Sqn, Dishforth - 18/01/63 Odiham Station Flight/Short Range Conversion Unit (SRCU) - 01/08/63 60 MU Dishforth - 04/09/63 returned to Odiham - 03/10/63 Ministry of Aviation loan - 13/10/63 returned to Odiham - 24/09/64 Ministry of Aviation loan for Scottish Aviation - 16/12/64 1310 Flt, Odiham/Guyana - 16/02/65 Ministry of Aviation loan for Scottish Aviation - 20/01/66 1310 Flt - 25/04/66 Ministry of Aviation loan for A&AEE, Boscombe Down & Scottish Aviation - 19/05/67 Odiham SF/SRCU - 12/07/67 27 MU, Shawbury - 26/08/70 sold to Scottish Aviation, Prestwick - 71 to G-31-16 - 20/10/71 reg G-AZHJ to Flight One Ltd, Staverton - 24/11/71 arrived at Staverton - 01/01/83 TT 3,505 FH - 11/04/91 reg to Prestwick Pioneer Preservation Society, Prestwick - 04/09/91 flown Staverton-Prestwick - 22/07/97 by road to Air Atlantique, Coventry for spares - 23/07/97 reg cancelled - c99 Compton Verney, Warks, stored - 2016 sold to Christy Keane - mid 20 sold to John Sparks - 12/11/20 arrived at SWAM, St Athan from Compton Verney

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Type	Evans VP-1 Volksplane
Identity	G-BCTT
MSN	PFA/1543
Status	On display in Hangar
History	24/12/74 registered to Brian John Boughton, Thetford, Norfolk - 77 construction completed by Mr Boughton - 23/08/01 registered to M J Watson, Diss, Norfolk - 31/12/03 reported with 360 total Flying Hours - 10/02/04 registered to D J Jenkins, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - 22/10/04 registered to E R G Ludlow, Canterbury, Kent - 25/03/05 Permit to Fly expired - 15/04/14 registration cancelled by CAA - by 06/17 with D Whiteside, Chesterfield , intention to restore abandoned and offered for sale 2018-2020 - 22/04/21 to SWAM

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Type	Vickers Varsity T.1
Identity	G-BEDV/WJ945
MSN	668
Status	Under restoration at GJD Hangar
History	built at Hurn as WJ945 - 23/02/53 first flight - 11/03/53 delivered to 527 Sqn, Watton - 116 Sqn, Watton - 1961-1963 115 Sqn, Watton "H" - CFS Tangmere - CFS Little Rissington - AE&AEOS, Topcliffe - 5 FTS, Oakington - 1966 CFS, Cranwell "21" - 74 sold to Messrs Selway & Battersby - 26/10/74 flown to Duxford - 26/07/76 reg G-BEDV to Messrs Selway & Battersby, Cambridgeshire for airshow flying - 17/01/83 reg to Mr Selway - 10/02/83 reg to Mr Selway & Duxford Aviation Society - 31/12/86 total hours 6503 - 12/08/87 again reg to Mr Selway - 10/87 badly damaged in gales - 15/10/87 CoA expired - 15/06/89 reg cancelled by CAA - 2012 purchased by Classic Air Force, Newquay - 09/01/13 by road to Newquay - c06/14 painted in silver c/s with yellow bands - 08/15 Cornish Aviation Heritage Centre - 30/10/24 SWAM - inner wings refitted 02/04/25 - moved to restoration hangar 03/04/25

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Type	Clutton FRED Series II
Identity	G-BMMF
MSN	PFA 029-10296
Status	On display in Hangar
History	20/02/86 registered to J M Jones, Castle Cary, Somerset - 1990 home-build completed - 15/02/00 to E C King, Lydney, Gloucs - 31/12/01 total 151 flying hours - 14/08/03 Damage sustained to the landing gear after a heavy forced landing in a field near Ross-on-Wye after the engine misfired on a Permit-to-Fly test flight - 29/09/05 to R C Thomas, Boverton, Glamorgan - 11/03/19 moved to SWAM

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Type	Percival Sea Prince T.1
Identity	G-BRFC/WP321
MSN	PAC/P/71
Status	On display in Hangar
History	ff 12/03/53 - 20/03/53 awaiting collection - 23/04/53 dd AHU Stretton - 14/11/53 AHU Lossiemouth - 17/11/53 744 NAS Eglinton "GN-406" - 06/04/54 AHU Lossiemouth - 08/09/56 750 NAS Culdrose "CU-675" - 13/10/59 750 NAS Hal Far "HF-675" later "HF-672" - 05/07/65 750 NAS Lossiemouth "LM-692" later "LM-659" - 26/09/72 750 NAS Culdrose "CU-575" - 23/04/74 RAF Sydenham for storage - 08/07/77 AHU Culdrose - 01/08/77 750 NAS Culdrose "CU-580" later "CU-570" - 26/06/79 5MU Kemble - sold to Rural Naval Air Service, Hitchin, Herts and reg 10/09/80 G-BRFC - 09/02/81-10/08/83 Ray Aylieff Ltd, "CU-570" applied - 22/08/83-03/02/94 Rural Naval Air Service - 03/02/94-12/11/99 Aces High North Weald - 26/11/99-23/08/00 Aces High US Inc, Wilmington, DE reg N7SY - 05/12/99 ferried North Weald-Bournemouth - 08/06/06-11/06/12 Andrew & Geraldine Dixon, Bournemouth reg G-BRFC - Bournemouth Aviation Museum - Bournemouth Hurn Airport - 11/06/12 Mark Stott, Exeter - 28/05/12 to St Athan – 2019 to SWAM

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Type	Whittaker MW7
Identity	G-BTUS
MSN	PFA 171-11999
Status	On display in Hangar
History	05/09/91 registered to J F Bakewell, Hucknall, Notts - 18/07/93 overturned on forced landing near Collingham, Notts after engine stopped in flight - 24/09/96 to J W Webb, Hereford - 13/08/02 to P K Jenkins, Redditch - 21/11/02 to C T Bailey, Middleleaze, Swindon - 31/12/05 declared 21 total flying hours - 20/06/06 Permit to Fly expired - 31/07/18 "No-Flight" Declaration - 10/06/21 to SWAM

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Type	Hawker Hunter T.7
Identity	G-BVGH/XL573
MSN	HABL-003360
Status	On display in Hangar
History	17/04/58 first flight - 26/08/58 Awaiting Collection - 28/08/58 5 MU Kemble - 29/10/58 DFCS West Raynham "L" - 02/12/65 229 OCU Chivenor "97" - 05/03/70 4 FTS Valley "97" - 07/10/74 Cat.3R - 14/10/74 repair on site by 71 MU - 06/03/75 4 FTS Valley - 17/09/75 Cat.3R - 19/11/75 4 FTS Valley - 09/77 MOD(PE) - 31/10/77 4 FTS Valley - 05/12/77 5 MU Kemble - 24/04/78 4 FTS Valley - 17/09/79 5 MU Kemble - 12/03/80 237 OCU Honington - 06/08/80 5 MU Kemble - 19/12/80 Laarbruch Stn Flt - 09/06/82 237 OCU Honington "573" later "WC" - 07/11/83 Abingdon for Major - 16/08/84 237 OCU Honington - 19/10/84 237 OCU Lossiemouth - 30/04/86 12 Sqn Lossiemouth - 06/05/86 237 OCU - 04/07/86 12 Sqn - 29/09/86 237 OCU - 01/10/86 12 Sqn - 26/01/87 237 OCU - 04/02/87 12 Sqn - 22/04/87 MOD(PE) Farnborough - 11/05/87 12 Sqn - 23/09/87 IAM Farnborough - 03/02/88 12 Sqn - 06/06/88 237 OCU loan - 08/08/88 12 Sqn - 22/03/91 Shawbury MU and wfu - 09/93 for sale by tender - purchased by Barry Pover, dismantled and transported to Exeter - 26/11/93 reg G-BVGH - 07/05/94 first flight post restoration - 13/03/00 reg to DAT Enterprises Ltd and moved to North Weald - 2001 returned to Exeter - 16/08/03 reg to Global Aviation Services Ltd - 30/06/10 reg to David Davidson - 08/06/11 reg to Mark Stott - 15/12/11 to St Athan - 2019 to SWAM

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Type	Evans VP-2 Volksplane
Identity	G-BVPM
MSN	PFA 7205
Status	On display in Hangar
History	Built by Peter Marigold of Locking, Weston-Super-Mare over an 18-year period and was first registered in November 1978. It was first flown in March 1992 but grounded after only 10 flying hours, with its Permit to Fly expiring on 31st May 1994. After storage in Mr. Marigolds garage it was donated to the International Helicopter Museum in 2022, who loaned it to SWAM. It arrived at St Athan from Locking in April 2022 and placed on display 07/05/22

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Type	Folland Gnat T.1
Identity	G-BVPP/XP534/”XR993”
MSN	FL536
Status	Displayed Outside
History	28/03/63 first flight - 21/05/63 CFS Little Rissington - 23/04/65 4 FTS Valley - 26/06/70 Hawker Siddeley Ltd for reconditoning - 22/01/71 4 FTS - 23/03/72 CFS - 18/04/72 4 FTS - 20/05/73 CFS - 10/05/76 4 FTS "62" - 13/11/78 Abingdon for disposal - 12/01/79 allocated 8620M - 03/79 by road to 1 SoTT Halton "64" - 23/11/93 by road to Cranfield, owner Tim J. Manna - 22/04/94 registered G-BVPP to Tim J. Manna/Kennett Aviation - 12/09/95 first flight post-restoration as "XR993" in Red Arrows scheme - 02/05/03 to Red Gnat Ltd, North Weald - 17/09/04 whilst approaching the circuit to land at North Weald Airfield, the engine lost power. As the pilot considered that the aircraft had insufficient energy to complete the turn on to final approach, he elected not to order an ejection and landed the aircraft wheels up in a partially ploughed field, approximately one nautical mile to the north-west of the airfield. With a landing speed of approximately 160 knots and approximately 800 lbs of fuel on board, the aircraft touched town, bounced and then slid to a halt with minimal damage. There was no fire and both occupants made their escape unaided. No definitive technical cause could be established for the loss of power but it was considered likely that a restriction in the fuel supply to the engine had occurred late into the flight. Sustained damage to lower fuselage - 22/05/09 registration cancelled by CAA - 26/08/10 by road to Bruntingthorpe - 06/04/19 to SWAM - 26/06/24 temporarily to Heveningham Hall, Norfolk for an event - returned to SWAM 02/07/24

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Type	Cyclone Airsports Pegasus Quantum 15-912
Identity	G-BYMT
MSN	7549
Status	On display in Hangar
History	99 manufactured at Marlborough, Wiltshire by Cyclone Airsports Ltd trading as Pegasus Aviation - 16/07/99 registered to Penicuik, Edinburgh owner - 25/04/03 to Strathaven, Motherwell owner - 31/12/08 recorded 1864 Flying Hours - 17/11/09 to The Scottish Flying Club, Strathaven - 23/05/10 damaged in hangar fire at Strathaven - 10/08/10 reg cancelled as PWFU - by 10/10 to Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester - 30/10/21 to SWAM, St Athan - 16/12/21 assembled and placed on display

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Type	Federov Me7 Mechta
Identity	G-CHPT
MSN	M006
Status	On display in Hangar
History	1995 imported from Russia and first registered as BGA 4102 - 08/02/08 registered G-CHPT to a Wolverhampton owner - 31/12/09 total flying hours 32 - 11/11/11 ownership passed to the Midland Gliding Club at Longmynd, Shropshire - 28/08/15 Restricted Certificate of Airworthiness expired - 06/10/20 to Gem Aero Ltd of Wem - 06/22 donated to SWAM - 06/07/22 arrived at St Athan

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Type	Federov Me7 Mechta
Identity	G-CHUO
MSN	M007
Status	On display in Hangar
History	1996 imported from Russia and first registered as BGA 4217 - 10/01/08 registered G-CHUO to a London owner - 09/06/10 ownership passed to two Aylesbury owners - 27/05/19 total flying hours 249 - 26/05/20 Restricted Certificate of Airworthiness expired - 15/09/20 to Gem Aero Ltd of Wem - 06/22 donated to SWAM - 16/06/22 arrived at St Athan

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Type	Jurca MJ5 Sirocco Type F.2
Identity	G-CLAX
MSN	PFA 2204
Status	Split Fuselage displayed on Café wall
History	24/05/68 registered G-AWKB to K Bywater, Luton, Beds - 23/10/69 project sold - 04/11/69 registered to G D Claxton, Pontyclun - 22/04/99 re-registered G-CLAX - 27/02/12 reg cancelled by CAA - ?? at Spalding Weston Hills - by 05/14 to St Athan still as incomplete fuselage - 24/08/15 registered to G S Williams, Barry - 03/19 to SWAM hangar, cut in half lengthways and displayed on Cafe wall in red scheme

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Type	British Aerospace 146 CC.2
Identity	G-CMFY/ZE700
MSN	E1021
Status	Stored at Horizon Aircraft Services awaiting funding to move to Museum
History	Ordered 06/81 as a Srs.100 by Pacific Express, USA, but airline went bankrupt on 02/02/84 - 23/11/84 first flight at Woodford as G-5-02 - 18/02/86 re-registered G-5-507 - converted to VVIP fit for RAF as ZE700 - 23/04/86 handed over to RAF - 06/05/86 delivered to The Queens Flight, Benson - 29/06/94 damaged when it ran off the runway on landing at Glenegedale Airport, Islay, Argylll & Bute whilst piloted by HRH Prince Charles - 03/98 BAE Woodford for maintenance - 17/05/98 registered G-6-021 for test flights - 17/06/98 returned to Benson as ZE700 - 01/04/95 The Queens Flight absorbed into 32 Sqn at Northolt, becoming 32 (The Royal) Sqn - 01/16-01/17 wore 32 Sqn 100th Anniversay tail markings - 12/18-03/19 wore RAF 100th Anniversary tail markings - 21/06/19 named "Group Captain Lionel Rees VC" after one of Britain’s earliest fighter aces - 17/03/22 flown to St Athan - stored pending move to museum - 06/05/22 registered G-CMFY to Aircraft Maintenance Services to facilitate spares removal

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Type	Cameron N-90 Hot Air Balloon
Identity	G-ELLE
MSN	4498
Status	Envelope displayed on Hangar wall
History	11/01/99 registered to S Lacey, Norwich, trading as L.E. Electrical - 21/08/00 reg to L.E. Electrical Ltd - 15/06/07 CofA expired - 31/07/07 reg to S.Lacey, Wymondham - 28/10/08 reg to D.Stagg, Spixworth - 31/12/14 declared 364 flying hours - 03/11/15 "No Flight" Declaration - 2019 to M.Burdett, Aylmerton for preservation - 04/10/19 De-registered as PWFU - 05/08/20 donated to SWAM and moved by road to St Athan

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Type	Fairey Gannet AEW.3
Identity	G-KAEW/XL500
MSN	F.9459
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	02/02/61 first flight - 09/03/61 AHU Culdrose - 17/03/61 849 NAS HQ Flt "CU-414" - 12/10/61 NARIU Lee-on-Solent - 23/10/61 AHU Culdrose - 01/02/62 Westland White Waltham for mods - 02/04/62 849 NAS HQ Flt "CU-417" - 18/04/63 Westland White Waltham - 11/09/63 849 NAS HQ Flt "CU-414" - 11/12/64 WHL Ilchester - 18/04/66 RNAS Brawdy - 28/04/66 849 NAS B Flt/HMS Victorious "H-332" - 02/09/66 loan to A&AEE Boscombe Down - ret 849 NAS B Flt "332" - 21/02/69 849 NAS HQ Flt "BY-767" - 20/11/69 WHL Ilchester - NASU Brawdy - 13/11/70 Lossiemouth - 14/04/71 WHL Ilchester - 05/07/71 NASU Lossiemouth - 14/01/72 849 NAS HQ Flt "LM-766" - 02/03/72 NASU Lossiemouth - by 12/72 849 NAS B Flt "R-042" - 01/12/74 849 NAS HQ Flt "LM-760" - 21/11/78 NASU Culdrose for storage - by 07/80 to A2701/E4755 for SAH Culdrose - by 12/81 stored - 26/05/83 began restoration to airworthy state - 19/09/83 first flight post restoration - Dowty-Rotol loan for noise tests - 28/02/85 final flight to Lee-on-Solent for storage - 16/06/90 by road to RNAY Fleetlands - returned to Lee-on-Solent - 05/07/95 to Culdrose for display - 23/03/00 to World Naval Base, Chatham Dockyard "CU" - sold to T J Manna/Kennet Aviation - 09/01/04 reg G-KAEW - 26/06/04 to North Weald - 26/07/08 to Exeter - 26/01/10 reg cancelled - 11/04/11 reg to Mark Stott - 04/02/12 to St Athan – 2019 to SWAM

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Type	Sherry Buzzard
Identity	G-MMNN
MSN	PFA 190-14300
Status	Unfinished homebuild project displayed in Hangar
History	Ernie Sherry’s Buzzard Microlight. 34 foot span, AUW of 354lbs, empty weight 154lbs, wing area of 109 sq/ft, estimated level speed 55 mph. Engine 210 cc Solo giving 110lbs static thrust on a 50 x 32 prop. Wings feature 2.5 degree washout as well as sweep back and spoilers. Build started in 1984 and it was registered as G—MMNN c/n 1. Never completed due to time/ill health. It was declared permanently withdrawn from use on 27/07/17 and arrived at SWAM on June 13th 2020

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Type	Percival Provost T.1
Identity	G-MOOS/XF690
MSN	PAC/F/335
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	17/04/55 Awaiting collection from Luton - 02/05/55 delivered to 12 MU, Kirkbride - 13/01/56 Queens UAS, Aldergrove, Northern Ireland - 14/03/57 64 Group Communications Flight, Rufforth - 27/01/59 27 MU, Shawbury - 27/07/59 Central Navigation and Control School, Shawbury "S" - 11/02/63 renamed Central Air Traffic Control School "S" - 02/12/68 Henlow as 8041M - 73/74 RAF Museum, Colerne - 02/03/76 Auctioned after collection closed - 02/03/76 David W. Mickleborough, Leicester Aircraft Preservation Group - 18/03/76 moved by road from Colerne to Sunnybrae Garage, Houghton-on-the-Hill - 79 to Leicester East - 05/03/79 reg G-BGKA to D. W. Mickleborough - 22/08/81 first flight post restoration marked as XF690 - 05/04/91 reg G-MOOS to Tim J. Manna/Kennet Aviation, Thatcham - 17/03/94 flown to Cranfield - 01/03 by road to North Weald via Yeovilton - 22/11/07 reg to Henry Cooke, North Weald - 2009 to Yeovilton - 15/06/15 YeoPro Group, Yeovilton - 17/09/18 4716 Flying Hours - 14/09/19 Permit to Fly expired - by 12/22 at Old Warden - 24/10/23 No flight declaration - 21/12/23 arrived at SWAM

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Type	de Havilland Vampire T.11
Identity	G-OBLN/XE956/"XD601"
MSN	15664
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	29/04/55 Awaiting Collection - 04/05/55 29 MU High Ercall - 09/01/56 2 TAF Germany - 12/01/56 67 Sqn Bruggen - 06/05/57 12 MU Kirkbride - 20/01/59 22 MU Silloth - 04/11/59 12 MU Kirkbride - 16/11/59 22 MU Silloth - 21/12/59 APS Sylt - 06/09/71 27 MU Shawbury - 14/06/62 3 CAACU Exeter - 19/11/62 8 FTS Swinderby - 02/03/64 1 FTS Linton-on-Ouse "67" - 06/01/66 27 MU Shawbury - 14/02/67 CATCS Shawbury "N" - 02/02/71 sold to St Albans College - flown Shawbury-Hatfield, final flight time 2456 hours - 07/92 sold to de Havilland Aviation and moved by late 92 to Bridgend - 14/09/95 reg G-OBLN - by 05/03 to Pencoed - 14/05/04 to Rochester, Kent. Stored, dismantled in warehouse - 14/02/05 reg cancelled - 09/07/18 to St Athan - 26/11/18 reg G-OBLN to Jonathan Vivash - 12/22 purchased for SWAM - 01/05/24 moved to restoration hangar for repaint - 30/05/24 returned to display in 614 Sqn RAuxAF marks as "XD601"

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Type	BAC Jet Provost T.4
Identity	G-RAFI/XP672
MSN	PAC/W/17641
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	28/09/62 Awaiting Collection - 02/10/62 2 FTS Syerston - 24/02/65 CAW Manby - 20/05/69 Cat.3R - 22/50/69 repair on site by 60 MU - 12/06/69 CAW Manby - 04/09/70 CATCS Shawbury - 15/02/72 CAW Manby, painted in special marks and used by the "Macaws" aerobatic team - 27/11/73 School of Refresher Flying Manby/Leeming - 19/12/75 allocated 8458M - 15/01/76 1 SoTT Halton - 03/92 tendered for disposal - by 08/92 at Jurby, Isle of Man - 18/12/92 reg G-RAFI to R MacGregor Muir, Ramsey, IoM - 04/98 to Bournemouth - 09/11/98 reg to Glenn Lacey, Epsom - 27/02/99 first flight post restoration - mid 99 North Weald - 02/11/99 reg to Richard Everett, Sproughton - 02/04/03 Everett Aero Bentwaters - 15/05/09 Nottingham University, Retford as GIA - 22/11/10 reg cancelled - 29/07/11 Bruntingthorpe - 09/04/18 to St Athan - 2019 to SWAM

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Type	de Havilland Sea Devon C.20
Identity	G-SDEV/XK895
MSN	04472
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	17/04/56 dd to AHU Lossiemouth - 10/07/56 FOFT Yeovilton - 08/11/56 728 NAS Hal Far - 07/05/57 AHU Lossiemouth - 25/06/57 Station Flight Lee-on-Solent - 16/03/59 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - 09/07/59 AHU Lossiemouth - 23/08/60 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - by 10/65 Station Flight Linton-on-Ouse - 20/09/66 NARIU Lee-on-Solent - 05/03/68 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - 21/02/69 Station Flight Culdrose - 05/04/73 RNAY Belfast - 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - 01/02/74 Station Flight Culdrose - 02/78 5 MU Kemble - 11/08/78 NATIU Lee-on-Solent - 13/03/79 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - 25/03/815 MU Kemble - by 01/83 Station Flight Culdrose - 18/12/89 to storage at RAF Shawbury - 09/03/90 sold - 29/03/90 reg G-SDEV to P Gill & W Gentle and based at Cambridge - 09/95 to Bruntingthorpe for storage pre-disposal - 13/10/96 flown to Swansea - 19/11/96 reg to de Havilland Aviation, Bridgend - 30/07/98 reg to J Jones, Pencoed - 24/09/98 auctioned for £35,000 - late 98 flown to Shoreham - 03/12/98 reg to Wyndeham Press Group, Hove - by 09/03 at Kemble - 20/06/05 reg to Aviation Heritage Ltd, Coventry - by 10/11 at Coventry - 13/02/13 to Newquay by road for Classic Air Force Museum - 2015 to Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre - 08/07/18 to St Athan - 2019 to SWAM

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Type	Hawker Tempest II
Identity	HA580
MSN	n/a
Status	Unrestored aircraft displayed in Hangar
History	1945 Built at Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Langley as MW758 - 1947 allocated to India via Hawkers - 25/05/48 Hawker Aircraft bought 113 Tempest IIs from surplus RAF stocks at 20 MU Aston Down. 89 of these were refurbished and sold to India as RIAF HA547-645 - 01/06/48 TOC Indian Air Force as HA580 - 02/69 Nine derelict Tempest IIs discovered at Poona, five at least with wings and undercarriages; RAF PR555,659,756,779,834,867,901, and IAF serials HA622 and HA580/MW758/M. All had reportedly moved on by 1972 to an unknown destination, but 1979 photos show nine fuselages in external store at Poona amongst well-established scrub - 1977 Realising that IAF Tempests were the only Mk IIs left, the Indian Government put up 11 Tempest airframes for auction as a complete lot at Jodhpur and Poona. Of these, seven composite Tempest airframes (HA 557 (MW404), HA564 (MW376), HA580 (MW 758), HA586 (MW 763), HA591 (MW 810), HA604 (MW 401) and HA 457 (PR536)) were purchased by the late Doug Arnold of Warbirds of Great Britain. They had been stored outside in dry conditions for many years and were mostly complete with engines but missing propellers and often tailplanes and rudders. The remaining aircraft were apparently scrapped in India as being beyond recovery and uneconomic to transport, or, allegedly, to preserve the rarity value of those recovered. By 1979 they were still at Poona, stored as fuselages only - 1979 The WOGB Tempests finally arrived crated at Blackbushe, UK - 1980 all seven to Nick Grace & Chris Horsley/Tangmere Flight, Chichester, Sussex - ?? HA580 to Gerry Cooper/ Tempest Two Ltd, Sandtoft, later Gamston later Wickenby - two dismantled Tempests stored in yard, Hemswell 90/04, believed to have been MW404 & MW758 - ?? Barry Parkhouse, Wycombe Air Park - 2021 H Cooper & M Burg, Haverfordwest for restoration to fly - 23-26/02/23 to SWAM on loan

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Type	Canadair CL-44O
Identity	N447FT
MSN	16
Status	Flightdeck in GJD Hangar
History	Broken-up at Bournemouth – 28/03/25 flightdeck to St Athan

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Type	Boeing 737-406
Identity	N858WL
MSN	25858
Status	Forward fuselage displayed in Hangar
History	First flight 25/07/90 - delivered 21/08/90 to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-BDW - wfu 19/09/11 - to Willis Lease Finance Corp 10/11/11 as N858WL - ferried Amsterdam-Bruntingthorpe 16/11/11 - reg cancelled 04/12/14 - reduced to forward fuselage - to SWAM St Athan 12/01/19

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Type	Westland Commando Mk.2C
Identity	SL-01
MSN	WA829
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	09/10/75 first flight as G-17-26 - Westlands trials fleet - 26/01/76 flown to RAF Brize Norton - 04/02/76 delivered to Qatar Emiri Air Force by RAF Belfast, became QA23 - ?? transferred to Qatar Royal Flight - 2006 donated to Sierra Leone Air Force as SL-01 - 15/07/15 to Dunsfold by road - 04/22 to Southampton Docks - export to China as GIA refused - 09/22 to Lee-on-Solent and hangared - 11/05/23 to St Athan - 01/09/23 loaned to SWAM

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Type	Gloster Meteor T.7
Identity	WF784
MSN	n/a
Status	Displayed Outside
History	31/04/51 awaiting collection - 17/04/51 delivered to RAF - 04/51 26 Sqn Wunsdorf, Germany - 11/53 26 Sqn, Oldenburg, Germany - 05/02/54 130 Sqn, Bruggen, Germany - 12/08/54 Flight Refuelling Ltd - 56 Ferry Training Unit, Benson - 59 Royal Air Force Flying College, Manby/Strubby - 01/07/62 renamed College of Air Warfare - 62 No.5 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Woodvale - 17/09/63 5 MU Kemble for storage - 23/07/65 declared non-effective - 15/10/65 allocated 7895M - 30/11/65 7 MU Quedgley for display - 30/05/96 auctioned and sold for £1,200 to Gloucestershire Aviation Collections using a grant from Tewkesbury Borough Council - 03/03/97 arrived at Jet Age Museum, Staverton Airport, Gloucester - 02/09/21 to SWAM, St Athan. Restored and repainted 2024

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Type	English Electric Canberra TT.18
Identity	WK126
MSN	R3/EA3/6640
Status	Stored near GJD Compound
History	built as B.2 at Avro Woodford - 01/06/54 awaiting collection - 06/54 9 Sqn Binbrook - 54 100 Sqn Wittering - 1959-1967 unknown - 25/04/67 BAC Salmesbury for conversion to TT.18 - 21/05/68 27 MU Shawbury - 13/11/69 transferred to Royal Navy - 18/06/70 Flight Refuelling Tarrant Rushton - 02/11/70 Airwork FRU Hurn "843" - 24/11/72 Airwork FRU Yeovilton - 01/12/72 unit re-des FRADTU - 21/06/73 23 MU Aldergrove for Major inspection - 12/02/74 FRADU Yeovilton - 23/03/79 BAe Warton for refurbishment - 15/10/80 FRADU - 19/01/83 St Athan for mods - 13/04/83 FRADU - 20/06/83 St Athan for storage - 20/12/85 BAe Salmesbury for Major inspection - 21/04/86 FRADU - late 88 St Athan for storage - 01/90 FRADU - 26/10/90 St Athan for storage - 08/07/93 sold at Phillips auction for £9,000 but remained at St Athan - 93 allocated N2138J but NTU - 93 to G Spoors & D Price - 13/06/95 Gloucestershire Aviation Collection, Hucclecote on loan - by 01/96 to Jet Age Museum Gloucester on loan, never assembled - c2009 sold to Chris van Schaardenburg, remained dismantled - 17-18/08/22 moved to St Athan

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Type	English Electric Canberra B.2
Identity	WK128
MSN	R3/EA3/6642
Status	Cockpit displayed in Hangar
History	18/06/54 awaiting collection - 23/06/54 delivered - 1958 RRE Pershore, used as a jamming aircraft for "window" launching tests, then guided weapons fusing and, later, laser designation research - 1975 withdrawn from use - 02/77 by road to Flight Refuelling Aviation, Tarrant Rushton, overhauled and modified for Beech AQM-37A "Stilletto" trials - 1978 RAE Llanbedr, modified with target towing equipment - c2003 withdrawn from use for spares recovery - 02/04 offered for tender - 11/04 broken-up at Llanbedr, cockpit saved - late 04 to Pershore, Worcs - 16/04/19 to SWAM, St Athan

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Type	Supermarine Swift FR.5
Identity	WK277
MSN	n/a
Status	Under restoration in GJD Hangar
History	Built at South Marston as F.4 -24/05/55 Vickers-Supermarine, Chilbolton for mods and trials - 26/05/55 awaiting collection - 26/05/55 allotted to C(A) - 06/04/56 Vickers Armstrong for conversion to FR.5 - 07/03/57 23 MU Aldergrove for storage - 27/02/59 2nd TAF, Jever - 03/03/59 2 Sqn, Jever "N" - 07/04/61 60 MU Church Fenton as Non Effective - 09/05/61 allocated 7719M as Cat.5(GI) - 09/11/61 2 SoTT Cosford - purchased by Desmond "Dizzy" Addicott with the intent of converting it to a jet car for a world land speed record attempt - Wisley - stored at a garage in Congresbury, Somerset - purchased by Mr Norman Pratlet - 18/08/69 Loaned to Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe - 1987 restored and repainted – Donated to SWAM - 25/04/25 to St Athan, to SWAM restoration area in GJD Hangar

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Type	Avro Shackleton MR.3/3
Identity	WR974
MSN	n/a
Status	Displayed Outside
History	01/05/57 first flight as MR.3 - 24/05/57 awaiting collection - 31/05/57 released to C(A) for development work, prepared for tropical and winter trials by Avro at Langar - 05/07/57 delivered to A&AEE Boscombe Down - 07-08/57 Idris, Libya for armament trials in tropical conditions - 08/57 returned to Boscombe down - 27/08/57 49 MU Colerne for additional 'winterization' by Avro CWP - 20/09/57 returned to Boscombe Down - 08/10/57 to CEPE Canada - 19/11/57 sustained damage, repaired in Canada - returned to Boscombe Down - 16/04/58 49 MU Colerne and modified to full Phase I standard by Avro CWP - 27/08/58 allocated to 23 MU and flown 25/09/58 to Aldergrove - 12/58 203 Sqn "F" - 18/08/59 badly damaged on landing at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - 11/59-06/60 repaired on site by Fairey Aviation of Canada - 203 Sqn - Avro Langar for Phase II update - transferred to MoA Air Fleet for trial installation of Phase III update at Langar - 20/04/64 damaged in hangar accident - 16/07/64 allocated to A&AEE and flown to Boscombe Down 07/09/64 - carried out winterization tests on equipment - 03/03/65 HSA Langar for pre-service prep - 17/05/65 allocated to A&AEE and flown to Boscombe Down 21/06/65 for tropical trials of Phase III navigation equipment and flight tests of the Griffon 58 equipped with modified oil coolers - 10/09/65 HSA Langar for more Tl work, including stand-by bomb bay heating, photographic electronic flash unit and sonobuoy homer tests - 23/03/66 back to A&AEE Boscombe Down - 20/06/66 ASWDU Ballykelly - 07/66 HSA Bitteswell - HSA Langar - 17/02/67 MinTech loan for further evaluation of sonobuoy homer equipment - 12/05/67 RAE Farnborough for tests by the Radio Department - 12/07/67 A&AEE Boscombe Down for armament trials - 08/02/68 ASWDU Ballykelly - 05/04/68-27/08/68 HSA Bitteswell for modification to current Phase III standard - 08/68 203 Sqn "H" - 09/68 loaned to 42 Sqn - 01/69 203 Sqn, Hal Far Malta - 01/70 HSA Bitteswell for mods - 26/03/70 203 Sqn - 06/04/70 Kinloss Wing "K" - 09/12/70 allocated 8117M - 11/12/70 2 SoTT Cosford as GIA - 09/88 offered for tender - bought by Peter Vallance - c07/89 to Charlwood - renamed Gatwick Aviation Museum - 2014 puchased by Gary Spoors - 02/10/14 arrived at Bruntingthorpe for restoration - to St Athan early 07/20 for SWAM

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Type	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Identity	WZ869
MSN	C1/0900
Status	Fuselage displayed in Hangar
History	25/06/53 delivered to 9 MU Cosford - 25/08/53 Comm Sqn Colerne - 08/01/54 10 MU Hullavington - 22/06/55 Durham UAS - 26/06/56 22 MU Silloth - 16/05/56 Oxford UAS - 22/08/56 20 MU Ashton Down - 15/05/57 5 MU Kemble - 07/10/57 Dishforth Stn Flt - 15/12/57 27 MU Shawbury - 03/05/60 RAFC - 02/09/65 1 FTS - 20/05/68 crash-landed at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorks after the engine failed to pick up during an overshoot. The student had inadvertently turned off the fuel and ignition. The pilot was demonstrating an engine failure after take-off and then opened the throttle but there was no response from the engine. The pilot then asked the student if the switches were on and he replied that they were. The pilot then attempted again but without success and so a forced landing was made short of the airfield. In the subsequent investigation, it transpired that the student had misunderstood some comments made by the instructor pilot so had closed the ignition switches and only put them back on when asked if they were on by the pilot. The exercise had not been briefed beforehand and the student's inexperience was a contributing factor - deemed to be beyond economical repair, and struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) - reduced to cockpit section - 05/06/68 allocated 8019M to 391 (Wilmslow) Sqn ATC, Handforth, Cheshire as "Chippax" - c97 departed to ? - 28/07/07 sold to South Moulton, Devon - 18/07/08 to Bruntingthorpe - 18/08/08 to Leicester, restored and extended "6" - to Bruntingthorpe - mid 2018 to St Athan - 2019 to SWAM

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Type	Handley Page Victor B.2
Identity	XH670
MSN	n/a
Status	Cockpit Displayed Outside
History	02/11/59 First flight at Radlett - 22/12/59 Awaiting collection, handed over to Controller (Aircraft) - 01/03/60 Ministry of Aviation - 07/01/62 A&AEE - 09/02/62 Handley Page - 09/06/64 A&AEE for low level trials - 31/07/64 to Radlett for inspection and APU fit - 19/08/64 Returned to A&AEE. Continuation of low level trials - 27/11/64 Handley Page, engineering flight trials - 01/11/68 Stored Radlett pending K.2 conversion - 01/5/70 to Hawker Siddeley Woodford for conversion. Not converted. (365hrs, 274 Landings, 243 Test Flights) - 31/10/75 Struck off charge as source of spares for the fatigue test specimen. Later used for Spar Testing - 10/82 Struck off charge - 30/03/83 broken up, cockpit removed for preservation - 83 cockpit to Lincolnshire Aviation Museum, Tattershall - 12/85 moved with the museum to new site at East Kirkby - 89 The Cockpit Collection, Rayleigh, Essex - 09/12/22 to SWAM - 06/02/23 to Horizon Aircraft Services hangar - 09/06/23 returned to SWAM

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Type	Fairey Gannet AEW.3
Identity	XL472/044
MSN	F.9441
Status	Fuselage stored in GJD Compound
History	04/11/59 first flight - 30/11/59 retained by Fairey White Waltham - 30/01/60 AHU Culdrose - 11/02/60 849 NAS "A" Flt Culdrose/HMS Ark Royal "R-421" - 05/09/61 AHU Culdrose - 14/10/63 849 NAS HQ Flt Culdrose "CU-415" - 30/11/66 849 NAS HQ Flt Brawdy "BY-760" later "BY-762" - 08/03/71 NASU Lossiemouth - 06/04/71 849 NAS "B" Flt Lossiemouth/Ark Royal "044" later "R-044" - 06/12/78 RAE Farnborough - 06/12/78 A&AEE Boscombe Down Apprentices School - by 04/85 Fire Service Boscombe Down - by 01/87 derelict - 10/90 tendered for sale in MOD clearance - 91 Peter Vallance, Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - 01/09/13 sold and moved to St Athan as spares source for XL500

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Type	Westland Wessex HAS.3
Identity	XM833
MSN	WA14
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	15/03/60 first flight as second full-production HAS.1 - 05/04/60 AHU Culdrose - 07/04/60 700H Flt Culdrose "507" - 08/11/60 rotor blades struck tailcone and ground on start-up at Culdrose, Cat.HY damage - 17/11/60 Westlands Yeovil for Cat.4 repair - 20/01/61 700H Flt Culdrose "507" - 28/03/61 Westlands Yeovil for instrumentation fit - 18/04/61 700H Flt Culdrose "507" - 27/07/61 Westlands Yeovil for Cat.4 reconditioning - 02/08/63 RNAY Fleetlands for storage - 09/09/64 NARIU Lee-on-Solent - 14/09/64 RNAY Fleetlands - c04/65 marked "R-304" for 815 NAS - 06/65 marked "321" - 22/07/65 819 NAS Ballykelly "321" later "531" - 31/03/66 Westlands Yeovil for conversion to HAS.3 - 10/10/67 first flight post conversion - 10/01/68 NASU Culdrose - 01/03/68 814 NAS "V-272" later "H-272" - 07/06/68 tail rotor fold lock failed, tail rotor blades struck tailcone aboard HMS Hermes, Cat.LX damage - 31/03/69 NASU Culdrose for MARTSU repair - 25/04/69 820 NAS "BL-412" - 72 named "Zebedee" - 25/08/72 RNAY Fleetlands for scheduled maintenance - 14/11/73 Arctic Flight - 28/02/74 737 NAS Portland "PO-656" - 06/02/76 RNAY Fleetlands for scheduled maintenance - 24/11/76 RNAY Fleetlands for long term storage - 29/06/81 737 NAS Portland "653" - 24/11/81 RNAY Wroughton for long term storage - 03/11/82 struck off charge, total flying hours as HAS.3 2154.40 - 04/02/83 Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society, Lasham - 24/05/10 North East Aircraft Museum, Usworth - 14/05/19 SWAM St Athan - restored and placed on display 27/04/22

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Type	Westland Wessex HU.5
Identity	XS507
MSN	WA176
Status	Stored at Horizon Aircraft Services
History	05/08/64 first flight at Yeovil by Mr DAS Colvin - 27/08/64 delivered to Helicopter Holding Unit (HHU), Fleetlands - 29/10/64 707 Sqn, Culdrose "CU-W" - 07/08/68 Royal Naval Aircraft Yard (RNAY) Fleetlands - 04/03/69 Naval Aircraft Support Unit (NASU) Culdrose - 01/04/69 845 Sqn, Culdrose "CU-B" - 23/10/69 846 Sqn, Culdrose "CU-C" later "CU-XC" - 15/07/71 846 Sqn moved to Yeovilton "VL-XC" - 31/05/73 RNAY Fleetlands - 19/02/74 NASU Yeovilton - 27/09/74 707 Sqn, Yeovilton - 07/11/74 RNAY Fleetlands - 25/11/74 NASU Yeovilton - 24/05/76 772 Sqn, Portland "PO-513" - 04/08/78 rolled over onto port side after u/c collapsed due to ground resonance on a precautionary landing after cyclic control problems in the low hover on a test flight at Portland - 15/08/78 to Accident Investigation Unit (AIU) Lee-on-Solent by road - 06/02/79 to RNAY Fleetlands by road for repair - 19/06/80 2 Flying Training School, Shawbury "F" - 15/12/80 NASU Yeovilton, held as Frontline Immediate Replacement (FIR) - 01/08/81 'C' Flt, 772 Sqn, RFA Olna "ON-314/Buzby II" for Gulf Patrol in Middle East - 19/04/82 carried out the first deck landing on SS Uganda after she sailed from Gibraltar on the way to the Falklands, having been converted to a hospital ship - 05/05/82 'B' Flt, 847 Sqn "XU" - 14/05/82 to the South Atlantic in MV Atlantic Causeway - 01/06/82 arrived at Port San Carlos, Falkland Islands, remained on Atlantic Causeway - 16/06/82 flown off to RFA Tidepool for 'D' Flt, 848 Sqn "XU" - 01/07/82 transferred to HMS Hermes for HDS/VERTREP duties - 05/07/82 returned to UK aboard Hermes - 22/07/82 707 Sqn, Yeovilton "ZG" - c04/83 707 Sqn Royal Navy Presentation Team (RNPT), Yeovilton "VL-RN" - 02/04/85 845 Sqn, Yeovilton "RN" - 11/11/85 RNAY Wroughton - 04/02/86 772 Sqn, Portland "PO-627" - 19/01/87 Department of Naval Recruitment (DNR) Flt, Portland "PO-627" - 06/02/87 772 Sqn, Portland "PO-627" - 23/03/87 DNR Flt, Portland "PO-627" - 03/04/87 772 Sqn, Portland "PO-627" - 21/03/88 Air Engineering School (AES) Lee-on-Solent, GI Class GRB A2762. "27" Total FH 4792.25 - 05/93 re-categorised as Ground Instruction (GI) Class GR(2) A2674 at AES "27" - 04/11/95 by road to Air Engineering & Survival School (AESS) HMS Sultan, Gosport "27" - 22/07/08 to 606 Sqn, RAuxAF, RAF Benson for display, repainted in grey 84 Sqn colour scheme - 09/07/19 to Historic Helicopters, Higher Purtington, Somerset - 18/05/21 to SWAM, St Athan. Moved 29/04/22 to Horizon Aircraft Services for restoration/paint

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Type	Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2P
Identity	XV254
MSN	8029
Status	Forward Fuselage stored behind Museum
History	Built at Woodford as an MR.1 in the light grey/white colour scheme - 28/05/71 Awaiting collection - 01/06/71 delivered to 42 Sqn at St.Mawgan - 16/08/71 St.Mawgan Maritime Wing - 10/03/76 Kinloss Maritime Reconnaissance Wing - 07/77 displayed at the Finningley RAF Royal Review - 14/12/78 to Woodford for conversion to MR.2 (Set 6), also repainted in Hemp scheme - 25/09/80 first flight as MR.2 - 31/09/80 re-delivered to Kinloss Wing - 10/05/82 BAe Woodford loan (probably for fitment of a refuelling probe, re-des MR.2P) - ??/05/82 returned to Kinloss Wing - 05/02/88 Boscombe Down loan - 22/03/88 returned to Kinloss Wing - c08/09 withdrawn from use - 2010 broken-up at Kinloss - 28/07/10 front fuselage section to Inverness Air Museum - 2019 museum closed - 23/02/21 to SWAM

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Type	McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG.1
Identity	XV582/M
MSN	9336/3253
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	11/01/69 first flight - 05/05/69 delivered to RAF in USA - 09/05/69 delivered to 23 MU Aldergrove - 08/07/69 Leuchars Conversion Flight (became 43 Sqn) - 01/09/69 43 Sqn "582", "F" by 02/70 - 23/08/72 to HSA Holme-on-Spalding Moor for Mods - 13/10/72 43 Sqn "F" - 08/10/76 to Disposal Account for Cat.3R repair - 03/11/76 43 Sqn "F" - 31/10/79 to HSA Holme-on-Spalding Moor - 09/04/80 43 Sqn "F" - 11/03/81 loaned to 111 Sqn - 06/04/81 to St Athan MU for Major Servicing and repaint in grey scheme - 31/07/81 43 Sqn "F" - 25/01/84 to St Athan MU for Mods - 20/02/84 43 Sqn "F" - 09/10/85 to St Athan MU for Major Servicing - 16/12/85 test flight at St Athan - 20/12/85 43 Sqn "F" recoded to "AF" - 24/02/88 flown Lands End-John O"Groats in a World Record 46 mins 44 secs (590 miles at 757 mph), first RAF Phantom to exceed 5000 hours during the flight (crew pilot W/Cdr John Brady and navigator Flt Lt Michael Pugh) - 25/04/88 to Disposal Account for Cat.3 Minor repair - 16/05/88 43 Sqn "AF" - 31/07/89 111 Sqn after disbandment of 43 Sqn - 09/90 painted black overall coded "M" for Leuchars Battle of Britain Airshow in tribute to the black 111 Sqn Hunters of 1950s - 09/90 228 OCU afer disbandment of 111 Sqn - 06/09/90 allocated 9066M for use as Weapons Loading Trainer, but authorised for further basic display flying due to its popularity - 16/02/92 final flight - 02/92 preserved with 111 Sqn/RAF Leuchars, later stored in HAS - 05/16 purchased by Gary Spoors, remained at Leuchars - 25/10/17 to RAF Cosford for restoration and RAF 100th Anniversary display - 20/11/18 to St Athan - 2019 to SWAM

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Type	Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3
Identity	XV786/123
MSN	712036
Status	Cockpit at Horizon Aircraft Services for fitting out prior to display
History	Built as GR.1 20/08/70 First Flight - 29/09/70 Delivered to RAF - 01/10/70 233 OCU Wittering - 03/11/70 20 Sqn Wildenrath “R” - 31/12/72 Mark change on conversion to GR.3 - 22/03/74 4 Sqn Wildenrath "A", later recoded “E” - 04/02/77 1 Sqn Wittering "28" - 01/11/78 Strike Command Det Belize "T" - 05/04/79 4 Sqn Gutersloh "V", recoded "CV" 07/80, recoded "V" 02/82 - 28/10/83 St Athan MU for mods - 26/04/84 noted at St Athan in 1 Sqn marks coded "04", not officially with unit - 28/06/84 4 Sqn Gutersloh "04", recoded "E" 11/07/84 - 10/11/87 3 Sqn Gutersloh "S" - 08/01/88 4 Sqn Gutersloh "S" - 18/01/88 3 Sqn Gutersloh "S" - 06/09/89 St Athan MU for storage - 05/06/91 by road to SAH, Culdrose as Class GR(2) training airframe A2615 - 25/06/93 to Culdrose Fire Pits for fire crash rescue training -by 22/11/93 Nose removed for Fire Station as crash rescue trainer A2611 - 10/02/94 Noseless fuselage and wings to Predannack Fire School and burned in late 90's - 06/09/21 Nose seen aboard HMS Prince of Wales (R09) in use as an emergency egress trainer - 11/02/25 Nose to Horizon Aircraft Services, St Athan

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Type	BAC Jet Provost T.5A
Identity	XW320/71
MSN	EEP/JP/984
Status	Displayed outside
History	29/09/70 Awaiting Collection - 30/09/70 3 FTS Leeming - 04/03/74 RAF College, Cranwell - 06/05/75 BAC Warton for conversion to T.5A - 04/09/75 3 FTS Leeming - 03/12/81 1 FTS , Linton-on-Ouse - 25/05/84 St Athan Station Flight - 16/07/84 1 FTS , Linton-on-Ouse - 07/02/86 FTS Cranwell - 17/03/86 1 FTS , Linton-on-Ouse - 07/10/86 St Athan Station Flight - 03/11/86 1 FTS , Linton-on-Ouse - 11/01/90 final flight - by 06/90 1 SoTT, Halton 9016M (marked in error as 9015M) - by 03/95 1 SoTT, Cosford - 01/04/04 renamed DCAE Cosford - 16/10/20 to St Athan

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Type	BAC Jet Provost T.5A
Identity	XW420/MU/83
MSN	EEP/JP/1042
Status	Displayed outside
History	28/10/71 Awaiting Collection - 29/10/71 RAFC Cranwell - 12/05/72 Cat.3R - 06/06/72 repair on site by 71 MU - 19/07/72 RAFC Cranwell - 14/05/74 BAC Warton for conversion to T.5A - 06/10/74 RAFC Cranwell - 16/06/80 5 MU Kemble - 15/07/80 BFTS Cranwell - 17/07/86 St Athan Station Flight - 02/09/86 FTS Cranwell "83" - 05/01/88 CWP Scampton - 16/05/88 FTS Cranwell "83" - 07/06/93 allocated 9194M as GIA - 15/06/93 2 SoTT Cosford "MU" - 24/11/94 renamed 1 SoTT - 01/04/04 renamed DCAE Cosford - 25/06/13 to Woodvale as Gate Guard - 08/09/17 to St Athan

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Type	BAC Jet Provost T.5A
Identity	XW436/68
MSN	EEP/JP/1058
Status	Displayed outside
History	21/09/72 Awaiting Collection - 05/10/72 5 MU, Kemble - 22/01/74 RAF College, Cranwell - 23/04/74  BAC Warton for conversion to T.5A - 30/07/75 3 FTS Leeming - 21/06/84 St Athan Station Flight - 20/07/84 CFS, Leeming - 19/09/84 CFS Scampton - by 06/92 1 SoTT, Halton as 9148M - by 09/94 2 SoTT Cosford - 24/11/94 renamed 1 SoTT - 01/04/04 renamed DCAE Cosford - 16/10/20 to St Athan

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Type	Sepecat Jaguar GR.1
Identity	XX727/ER
MSN	S.24
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	14/05/74 first flight at Warton - 16/07/74 delivered to Lossiemouth for Jaguar Operational Conversion Unit "21" - 30/09/74 6 Sqn, Lossiemouth - 06/11/74 6 Sqn, Coltishall - 11/75 54 Sqn, Coltishall - 01/81 54 Sqn coded "GJ" - 05/84 6 Sqn, Coltishall "ER" - 26/07/84 withdrawn to Shawbury "ER" - 11/02/88 to 2 SoTT Cosford for G.I. as 8951M "ER" - 24/11/94 2 SoTT renamed 1 SoTT - 01/04/04 1 SoTT renamed DCAE - 26/05/23 to SWAM

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Type	Hawker-Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B
Identity	XX889
MSN	B3-05-73
Status	Displayed Outside
History	31/12/74 delivered to MOD(PE) - 13/02/75 - 16 Sqn - 20/06/77 - 15 Sqn - 04/07/77 16 Sqn - 24/05/78 St Athan MU - 18/08/78 16 Sqn - 09/03/82 12 Sqn - 01/07/82 208 Sqn - 16/07/85 St Athan MU for Major Servicing - 11/12/85 208 Sqn - 01/12/86 237 OCU - 02/02/87 12 Sqn - 03/05/88 208 Sqn - 16/05/88 237 OCU - 10/06/88 12 Sqn - 24/10/88 237 OCU - 01/11/88 12 Sqn - 01/91 painted "Desert Pink" and deployed for Gulf War later named "Longmorn" and coded "T" - by 07/91 repainted in grey/green camo scheme - by 08/92 repainted in grey scheme - 07/04/94 final flight to St Athan for disposal - by 10/94 purchased by Gary Spoors and moved to Enstone - 06/02/97 loan to Jet Age Museum Staverton for restoration - 2003 painted in "Desert Pink" colour scheme, temporarily at Fairford for RIAT - 30/04/07 to Kemble - 08/05/11 to Bruntingthorpe - 02/06/18 to Cosford for RAF 100th Anniversary celebrations - 23/02/23 to SWAM

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Type	Westland Lynx AH.7
Identity	XZ191/R
MSN	WA085
Status	Displayed Outside
History	22nd Army Lynx - 1978 built at Yeovil as AH.1 - 20/09/78 First Flight at Yeovil - 19/10/78 delivered to Fleetlands - 12/12/78 to Middle Wallop - 15/12/78 to Detmold via Lydd for 654 Sqn - by 02/80 651 Sqn Hildesheim last noted 07/90 - by 04/91 663 Sqn 3 Regt Soest "X" - 06/93 3 Regt Wattisham "X" - 01/12/93 to Fleetlands "X" for storage, uncoded by 09/94 - Late 99/early 00 Fleetlands, one of last two AH.1s to be converted to AH.7 - 23/02/00 to 671 Sqn Middle Wallop uncoded, to "A" - 06/06 to 655 Sqn/5 Regt, Aldergrove - by 12/07 Fleetlands stored - 09/08 to 9 Regt, Dishforth - 11/09 SEAE, Arborfield - by 09/10 to 9 Regt, Dishforth - 2011 657 Sqn, Odiham - 02/12 671 Sqn/7 Regt, Middle Wallop "A" - c01/13 9 Regt, Dishforth "A" - by 28/02/2013 to 7 Regt Middle Wallop "A" recoded "R" - 09/13 MoD/Vector Aerospace, Fleetlands, Reduce To Parts Programme - 04/09/13 struck off charge AAC - 25/06/15 to DCTT Lyneham as GIA - 07/04/25 to SWAM

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Type	Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3
Identity	XZ969
MSN	712205
Status	Under restoration in GJD Hangar
History	13/11/80 first flight - 15/12/80 delivered to Gutersloh - 16/12/80 3 Sqn Gutersloh - 04/01/85 1 Sqn Wittering - 19/03/85 St Athan for Major Servicing - 05/09/85 4 Sqn Gutersloh "D" - early 91 wfu St Athan - 24/04/91 GIA A2612 RNEC Manadon - 17/05/95 SFDO Culdrose "DD-69" - 2003 RNFS Predannack - 07/07/22 to SWAM

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Type	Vickers VC-10 K.3
Identity	ZA148
MSN	883
Status	Stored at rear of Museum
History	Built at Brooklands as Srs 1154 c/n 883 - 21/03/67 first flight Brooklands-Wisley - 31/03/67 delivered to East African Airways as 5Y-ADA - 28/01/77 parked up at Embakasi airport upon collapse of EAA - 31/05/77 flown to Filton - 30/09/78 sold to RAF as ZA148 for use as tanker - 04/07/84 first flight from Filton as K.3 tanker - 84 A&AEE Boscombe Down - 27/03/86 101 Sqn Brize Norton coded "G" - 20/08/13 purchased by Classic Air Force - 28/08/13 flown to Newquay - 03/15 to new owner after CAF closed - 07/15 to Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre - 01/11/21 re-reg N148ZA to Aerovision LLC for spares - 10/22 CAHC closed - 09-11/23 dismantled - 17/11/23 forward fuselage and parts to St Athan

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Type	British Aerospace Sea Harrier F/A.2
Identity	ZA195/710
MSN	41H-912034
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	built as FRS.1 - 09/09/82 first flight - 01/11/82 BAe Dunsfold - 25/01/84 899 NAS SU - 03/05/84 899 NAS "710" (12 month MOD(PE) loan) - 29/07/85 BAe Dunsfold for trials and conversion to F/A.2 prototype DB.1 - 19/09/88 first flight as F/A.2 - 17/01/90 A&AEE charge at Dunsfold - by 16/04/98 to Boscombe Down - returned to Dunsfold - 21/08/00 to BAe Warton by road - 13/05/02 to DARA St Athan by road for storage - 24/09/02 to AMG Yeovilton by road for spares recovery - 13/11/02 FAA Museum Cobham Hall - 2004 purchased by Gary Spoors - 04/05 to Wycombe Air Park - 09/03/06 to FAST Farnborough on loan - 21/02/08 to Tangmere Military Aviation Museum on loan - 03/07/19 to SWAM - 07/23 to Heveningham Hall, Suffolk on short loan - returned to SWAM

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Type	Panavia Tornado GR.1P
Identity	ZA326
MSN	BT006/3008
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	31/07/80 APU fire during ground tests at Warton requiring new rear fuselage - 31/03/83 first flight - 26/05/83 delivered Flight Systems Sqn, RAE Bedford - 01/10/89 FSS renamed Aerospace Research Sqn - 01/04/91 RAE renamed Defence Research Agency - 25/03/94 DTEO Boscombe Down - 01/04/95 DTEO renamed DERA - 01/04/01 DERA renamed QinetiQ - 13/12/05 final flight and stored Boscombe Down - 08/05/13 purchased by Elliott Atkins and donated to Panavia Tornado Preservation Group - 01/10/13 by road to Bruntingthorpe - 27/10/18 to St Athan for display at SWAM

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Type	Panavia Tornado GR.4T
Identity	ZA612
MSN	BT028
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	06/07/82 first flight - 13/08/82 delivered to Marham - c09/82 617 Sqn Marham "04" - c01/83 617 Sqn recoded "T" - c07/84 TWCU/45 Sqn Honington - 12/87 17 Sqn Bruggen "CX" - 05/92 TWCU/15 Sqn Honington "TZ" - 18/11/99 to BAe Warton for conversion to GR.4 No.66 - 09/08/00 DARA St Athan "TZ" - 13/09/00 14 Sqn Bruggen "TZ" allocated "BW" but never worn - 06/10/00 Lossiemouth ASF "TZ" - 01/01 15 (R) Sqn Lossiemouth "TZ" - 12/05/05 2 Sqn Marham "IV" - 2008 9 Sqn Marham "IV" uncoded by 04/08 - by 07/08 stored and became WLT - 25/03/10 to BAE Systems Warton by road for MLFP - BAE Systems Trial Fleet sometime coded "074" - 10/07/13 CMU Marham "074" - 09/13 31 Sqn Marham "074" - 04/14 ATTAC CMU Marham - 11/14 Marham Wing "074" - 05/15 ATTAC CMU Marham - ??/15 15 (R) Sqn Lossiemouth "074" - 05/17 12 Sqn Marham "074" - 05/18 WLT Marham "074" - 06/18 Marham Wing "074" - 21/01/19 withdrawn from use at Marham - 02/04/19 by road to DSTL Porton Down for display - 10/06/21 to SWAM - 5671.33 hrs in 4202 sorties, and clocked up 4508 landings including 5 arrested - fitted with the RAF 100th Anniversary fin previously fitted to ZG772

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Type	Grob G.109B Vigilant T.1
Identity	ZH209/UQ
MSN	6555
Status	Displayed in Hangar
History	Built 1990 by Grob Aircraft, Germany - 24/10/90 official entry to service - 11/90 delivered Syerston - c06/91 to 613 VGS, Halton - early 96 664 VGS Belfast City/Newtownards - 96 coded UQ - 03/03 ACCGS, Syerston - 07/03 634 VGS St Athan, received on units conversion from Viking T.1 - 04/14 type grounded, a/c stored St Athan - 03/16 634 VGS closed down - 14/06/16 to Little Rissington for further storage - 06/05/18 type withdrawn from RAF use - 02/20 removed from military register - 09/07/20 registered G-CMHU to Aerobility - c2021 to St Athan for storage - 27/02/24 to SWAM for storage - 15/06/24 placed on display - total flying hours 5843.20

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