26/01/11 - Zurich - Dubendorf - Stans - Alpnach - Basel

RichT, StuC & MalcolmG had a day trip to Switzerland for the WEF and a Pilatus factory tour. With thanks to Ian at Staffs Aviation Tours for organising the factory visit.

Zurich AM

4K-AI06 Gulfstream G550 (5277) Corporate
4K-AZ01 Airbus A319-115LR (2487) Azerbaijan Airlines
4X-CPX Gulfstream G4SP (1481) Corporate
4X-EKE Boeing 737-758 (29961) El Al-Israel Airlines
(93+94)/"93+09" Mil Mi-9A (340008) Under restoration in Lions Air hangar
9A-CQE de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4300) Croatia Airlines
9V-SKE Airbus A380-841 (010) Singapore Airlines
A7-AED Airbus A330-302 (680) Qatar Airways
C-GBBX Dassault Falcon 900EX (64) Corporate
C-GRCY Bombardier Challenger 300 (20182) Corporate
CS-DRX Hawker 800XPi (258834) NetJets Europe
CS-TTM Airbus A319-111 (1106) TAP Air Portugal
D-ABEB Boeing 737-330 (25148) Lufthansa
D-ABJD Boeing 737-530 (25309) Lufthansa
D-ABXM Boeing 737-330 (23871) Lufthansa
D-AGPH Fokker F-100 (11308) Lufthansa Regional
D-AGWM Airbus A319-132 (3839) Germanwings
D-CIRC Dornier Do.328-110 (3041) Cirrus Air
D-COSA Dornier Do.328-110 (3085) Cirrus Air
E7-AAE Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 (465) B & H Airlines
EC-JSB Airbus A320-214 (2776) Iberia
EC-KJH Bombardier Global Express (9094) TAG Aviation Spain
EC-KMK Cessna 680 (680-0178) TAG Aviation Spain
EI-RJI British Aerospace RJ85 (E2346) Cityjet
F-HAST Raytheon 390 (RB-149) Corporate
G-EUYA Airbus A320-232 (3697) British Airways
G-EUYJ Airbus A320-232 (4464) British Airways
G-EVRD Raytheon 390 (RB-172) Corporate
HA-LQD de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4063) MALEV
HB-CKU Reims-Cessna F.172P (2195) Private
HB-CLY Reims-Cessna F.172M (0976) Skymedia
HB-CVL Reims-Cessna FA.150K (0054) Private
HB-CXF Cessna T.210L (210-61259) Private
HB-CZT Cessna T.182T (T182-08931) Private
HB-FOQ Pilatus PC-12-45 (349) Lions Air
HB-FOW Pilatus PC-12-45 (411) Corporate
HB-HEH FFA AS 20215 (004) Private
HB-IAU Dassault Falcon 2000EX (14) Corporate
HB-IGI Dassault Falcon 900EX (83) Corporate
HB-IHX Airbus A320-214 (0942) Edelweiss Air
HB-IIR Boeing 737-86Q (30295) Privatair
HB-IJB Airbus A320-214 (0545) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IJL Airbus A320-214 (0603) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IJM Airbus A320-214 (0635) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IJO Airbus A320-214 (0673) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IJV Airbus A320-214 (2024) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IOC Airbus A321-111 (0520) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IOD Airbus A321-111 (0522) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IOQ Airbus A320-214 (3422) Belair
HB-IOS Airbus A320-214 (2968) Belair
HB-IOX Airbus A319-112 (3604) Belair
HB-IOZ Airbus A320-214 (4294) Belair
HB-IPS Airbus A319-112 (0734) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IQA Airbus A330-223 (229) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IQC Airbus A330-223 (249) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IQH Airbus A330-223 (288) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IQI Airbus A330-223 (291) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IXU British Aerospace RJ100 (E3276) Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IXW British Aerospace RJ100 (E3272) Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IXX British Aerospace RJ100 (E3262) Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IYS British Aerospace RJ100 (E3381) Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IYV British Aerospace RJ100 (E3377) Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IYY British Aerospace RJ100 (E3339) Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IYZ British Aerospace RJ100 (E3338) Swiss European Air Lines
HB-JFK Embraer EMB-500 (50000062) Corporate
HB-JHC Airbus A330-343X (1029) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JHE Airbus A330-343X (1084) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JHG Airbus A330-343X (1101) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JHH Airbus A330-343X (1145) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JHI Airbus A330-343X (1181) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JHJ Airbus A330-343X (1188) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JIG Cessna 680 (680-0280) Corporate
HB-JMA Airbus A340-313X (538) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JMC Airbus A340-313X (546) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JMN Airbus A340-313X (175) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JMO Airbus A340-313X (179) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-JOB Dassault Falcon 7X (80) Corporate
HB-JRG Bombardier Challenger 604 (5659) Corporate
HB-JVC Fokker F-100 (11501) Helvetic Airways
HB-JVF Fokker F-100 (11466) Helvetic Airways
HB-JVI Fokker F-100 (11325) Helvetic Airways
HB-LKU Cessna 340A (340A-0493) Private
HB-LRV Piper PA-31T (31T-7820017) Corporate
HB-LRY Piper PA-34-220T (3433132) Private
HB-NCB Rockwell Commander 112A (165) Private
HB-OHC Piper PA-28-180 (28-3623) Private
HB-PPH Piper PA-46-350P (4636045) Private
HB-VNE Beech 400A (RK-318) Corporate
HB-VNV Learjet 60 (60-179) Corporate
HB-VWL Cessna 510 (510-0169) Corporate
HB-VWN Learjet 60 (60-158) Corporate
HB-XUW Agusta-Bell AB.206B-3 (8722) BB Heli
HB-XWN Agusta A-109K2 (10014) REGA Swiss Air Ambulance
HB-ZBB Eurocopter EC120B (1067) BB Heli
HB-ZDM Agusta A-109E (11132) Corporate
HB-ZHD Eurocopter EC120B (1432) BB Heli
HB-ZHK Robinson R44 (11283) Private
HB-ZHP Agusta A-109S (22025) Swift Copters
HB-ZIM Agusta A-109E (11151) Skymedia
HB-ZKO Agusta A-119 (14007) Corporate
HB-ZRB Eurocopter EC145C-2 (9028) REGA Swiss Air Ambulance
HP-1A Embraer ERJ-135BJ (14501066) Panamanian Government
HS-TNF Airbus A340-642 (953) Thai Airways
LZ-HBC British Aerospace 146-200 (E2093) Hemus Air
N113CS Bombardier Global Express (9354) Bombardier Aerospace Corporation

N14VH Cirrus Design SR-20 (1115) Private
N155AN Gulfstream G550 (5029) Corporate
N185DN Boeing 767-332ER (27961) Delta Air Lines
N1KE Gulfstream G5 (574) Corporate
N208LT Bombardier Challenger 604 (5440) Corporate
N246AY Boeing 767-201ER (23898) US Airways
N273JC Dassault Falcon 7X (18) Corporate
N2BD Dassault Falcon 900EX (72) Corporate
N312P Dassault Falcon 7X (72) Executive Jet Management
N303TP Gulfstream G4SP (1411) Corporate
N343FX Bombardier Challenger 605 (5761) Flexjets
N3546 Gulfstream G5 (672) Corporate
N3975A Bombardier Challenger 300 (20170) Corporate
N47EG Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy (154) Corporate
N525L Cessna 525B (525B-0051) Corporate
N546QS Gulfstream G550 (5190) NetJets International
N585A Gulfstream G550 (5110) Saudi ARAMCO Aviation
N585D Gulfstream G4SP (1258) Corporate
N605CH Gulfstream G550 (5263) Corporate
N618WF Bombardier Global Express (9005) Corporate
N636SD Embraer EMB-500 (50000117) Corporate
N647UA Boeing 767-322ER (25284) United Airlines
N650PL Gulfstream G500 (5148) Corporate
N65PX Bombardier Challenger 605 (5804) Corporate
N68160 Boeing 767-224ER (30439) Continental Airlines
N697A Gulfstream G5 (662) Corporate
N6D Bombardier Global Express (9191) Corporate

N725LB Bombardier Global Express (9129) Corporate
N733G Dassault Falcon 50EX (340) Corporate
N741SP Dassault Falcon 2000LX (207) Corporate
N7600K Boeing 737-7BC (32628) Corporate
N801DE Dassault Falcon 2000LX (203) Corporate
N902AG Bombardier Challenger 604 (5512) Corporate
N905T Bombardier Global Express (9179) Corporate
OD-SKY Hawker 800XP (258804) ex OE-GRS w-o 04/02/11 in Iraq
OE-GEM Cessna 680 (680-0033) Corporate
OE-HAZ IAI Galaxy G200 (102) Corporate
OE-XHO Eurocopter AS350BA (3549) Helikopter Wucher
OE-LEF Airbus A320-214 (4368) flyniki
OE-LNP Boeing 737-8Z9 (30420) Austrian Airlines
OH-LVL Airbus A319-112 (2266) Finnair
OH-SAK Avro RJ85 (E2389) Blue1
OY-CIK Aerospatiale ATR 42-512 (501) Cimber Air
PH-BTE Boeing 737-306 (27421) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
PH-VBG Dassault Falcon 2000EX (5) JetNetherlands
RA-85631 Tupolev Tu-154M (87A760) Rossiya Special Flight Detachment
SE-DTH Boeing 737-683 (28313) SAS Scandinavian Airlines
TC-JFJ Boeing 737-8F2 (29772) THY Turkish Airlines
TC-JHJ Boeing 737-86Q (30296) Anadolu Jet
TC-SNH Boeing 737-8FH (30826) SunExpress
UP-B5701 Boeing 757-2M6 (23454) Kazakstan Government
UR-ICD Canadair Regional-Jet 850 (8072) ISD Avia Aircompany
VP-BKX Airbus A320-214 (3410) Aeroflot Russian Airlines
VP-CAD Cessna 525 (525-0297) Corporate
VQ-BDG Bombardier Challenger 605 (5765) Corporate
VT-IAH Airbus A319-115X (2837) Corporate
VT-JSB Bombardier Global Express (9114) Corporate
XA-LFA Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy (77) Corporate
YR-ASA Airbus A318-111 (2931) TAROM
Z3-AAM Boeing 737-529 (25249) Aviogenex
ZS-RSA Boeing 737-7ED (32627) South African Air Force


Dubendorf

A-912 Pilatus PC-7 (320) Swiss Air Force
A-917 Pilatus PC-7 (325) Swiss Air Force
G-YAAZ Gulfstream G550 (5189) Ocean Sky Aviation
HB-JUS Gulfstream G450 (4123) Corporate
HB-ZRD Eurocopter EC145C-2 (9033) REGA Swiss Air Ambulance
HB-ZUV AgustaWestland AW139 (31236) Air Engiadina
HL8200 Gulfstream G550 (5233) Corporate
N598F Gulfstream G5 (598) Corporate
N628BD Gulfstream G5 (628) Corporate
N673P Gulfstream G5 (673) Corporate
N816MG Gulfstream G550 (5187) Corporate
T-320 Aerospatiale AS.332M1 Super Puma (2349) Swiss Air Force
T-341 Aerospatiale AS.532UL Cougar (2559) Swiss Air Force
T-351 Eurocopter EC135P2i (0676) Swiss Air Force
T-352 Eurocopter EC135P2i (0685) Swiss Air Force
T-355 Eurocopter EC635P2i (0645) Swiss Air Force
T-358 Eurocopter EC635P2+ (0693) Swiss Air Force
T-362 Eurocopter EC635P2i (0742) Swiss Air Force

Stans

EI-IAN Pilatus PC-6B2-H4 (810) Irish Parachute Club

HB-FHZ Pilatus PC-6B2-H4 (840) Zimex Aviation

HB-FKL Pilatus PC-6B2-H4 (867) Private
HB-FKT Pilatus PC-6B2-H4 (876) Flying Devil SA

HB-FLI Pilatus PC-6B2-H4 (893) Flying Devil SA

HB-FNI Pilatus PC-6B2-H4 (964) Private
HB-FNR Pilatus PC-6B2-H4 (972) Pilatus

HB-FOA Pilatus PC-12 (P01) Preserved

HB-FOB Pilatus PC-12 (P02) Pilatus
HB-FOP Pilatus PC-12-45 (291) Corporate

HB-FRE Pilatus PC-12-47E (1233) Pilatus

HB-FRP/ZS-NID Pilatus PC-12-47E (1247) Pilatus
HB-FRT Pilatus PC-12-47E (1252) Pilatus
HB-FRX Pilatus PC-12-47E (1262) Pilatus

HB-FRY Pilatus PC-12-47E (1257) Pilatus

HB-FRZ Pilatus PC-12-47E (1258) Pilatus
HB-FSB Pilatus PC-12-47E (1260) Pilatus

HB-FSE Pilatus PC-12 (1264) Pilatus
HB-FSI Pilatus PC-12-47E (1268) Pilatus
HB-FSJ Pilatus PC-12-47E (1269) Pilatus

HB-FSK Pilatus PC-12-47E (1270) Pilatus

HB-FVI Pilatus PC-12-47E (1209) Pilatus

HB-FVK Pilatus PC-12-47E (1256) Pilatus

HB-HPJ Pilatus PC-9M (605) Pilatus
HB-HXA Pilatus PC-21 (128) Pilatus/UAEAF ..flightline
and 11 more inside

HB-HZA Pilatus PC-21 (P01) Pilatus
HB-HZC Pilatus PC-21 (101) Pilatus
HB-HZD Pilatus PC-21 (102) Pilatus
M-PRIT Pilatus PC-12-47E (1144) Stored

N35WY Pilatus PC-12-47E (1180) Pilatus
OY-RSE Pilatus PC-12-47E (1273) Pilatus

Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1271) Pilatus ..to be HB-FQB

Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1272) Pilatus

Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1274) Pilatus

Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1275) Pilatus
Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1276) Pilatus
Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1278) Pilatus
Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1279) Pilatus
Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1280) Pilatus
Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1281) Pilatus

Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1282) Pilatus

Unmarked Pilatus PC-12-47E (1284) Pilatus


Alpnach

84+06 Sikorsky CH-53G (V65-004) German Army
T-316 Aerospatiale AS.332M1 Super Puma (2334) Swiss Air Force

Basel

3C-LGE Dassault Falcon 50 (246) Corporate
4K-AZ01 Airbus A319-115LR (2487) Azerbaijan Airlines
CN-TJB Learjet45 (45-112) Corporate
CS-DLD Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy (109) NetJets Europe
CS-DLG Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy (144) NetJets Europe
D-ADHT de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4281) Lufthansa Regional
D-AGVS Gulfstream G450 (4113) Windrose Air
D-ALEY Airbus A319-115CJ (3513) Corporate
D-AVRD British Aerospace RJ85 (E2257) Lufthansa Regional
F-GVZD Aerospatiale ATR 42-512 (530) Leasing Company
F-HBLC Embraer Emb-190100LR (19000080) Air France
G-CEYL Bombardier Global Express (9196) Corporate
G-GJMB Bombardier CRJ-850 (8055) TAG Aviation
HB-AFG Aerospatiale ATR 72-201 (108) Farnair Europe
HB-IGM Gulfstream G550 (5004) Corporate
HB-JIF Douglas MD90-30 (53462) Iceland Express
HB-JIZ Airbus A320-214 (0936) Hello
HB-JKF Gulfstream G450 (4203) Corporate
HB-JZS Airbus A319-111 (3084) EasyJet Switzerland
I-CLBA British Aerospace RJ85 (E2300) Italiatour Airlines
I-DAKO Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy (160) Corporate
LZ-YUM Bombardier Challenger 600S (1085) Air Lazur
M-IABU Airbus A340-313X (955) Klaret Aviation, hangared
N168NJ Gulfstream G5 (667) Executive Jet Management
N312P Dassault Falcon 7X (72) Executive Jet Management
N450PG Gulfstream G450 (4072) Corporate
N470QS Gulfstream G450 (4084) NetJets International
N767AG Dassault Falcon 200 (479) Corporate
N836BA Boeing 737-7BC (30756) Corporate
N919FD Boeing 757-23AF (24636) Federal Express
OH-FLM Bombardier Challenger 300 (20155) Jetflite
P4-IKF Dassault Falcon 2000 (227) Corporate
P4-KAZ Boeing 737-7EJ/W (32774) Kazakhstan Government
V-11 Gulfstream G4 (1009) Royal Netherlands Air Force
VP-BPQ SAAB 2000 (060) Polet Flight
VP-CCC Airbus A340-642 (779) Saad Air
VP-CRF Dassault Falcon 50 (61) Corporate
VQ-BOS Boeing 737-8GQ (35792) Corporate
VT-SBK Dassault Falcon 900EX (89) Corporate
XA-FEM Gulfstream G550 (5281) Corporate
XA-LFA Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy (77) Corporate
ZS-AOL Gulfstream G5 (634) Corporate
ZS-ESA Bombardier Global Express (9061) Corporate

Zurich PM

678 Gulfstream G5 (678) Greek AF 352 Mira
9A-CQF de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4301) Croatia Airlines
CS-DFX Hawker 800XP (258656) NetJets Europe
CS-DRC Hawker 800XP (258714) NetJets Europe
CS-DUF Hawker 750 (HB-19) NetJets Europe
D-AIQU Airbus A320-211 (1365) Lufthansa
EC-IRZ Gulfstream G5 (582) Gestair
EC-JDL Airbus A319-111 (2365) Iberia
HB-DWC Mooney M.20C (3269) Private
HB-IJK Airbus A320-214 (0596) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IOM Airbus A321-212 (4534) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IPT Airbus A319-112 (0727) Swiss International Air Lines
HB-ZIK Robinson R22 (4118) Heli Sitterdord AG
HB-ZKP Eurocopter AS.350B3 (4701) Air Grischa
HB-ZOO Eurocopter AS.355NP (5751) Heli Alpes
HB-ZSM Agusta A-109S (22129) Skymedia
HB-ZUU AgustaWestland AW139 (31152) Swiss Jet AG
HB-ZUV AgustaWestland AW139 (31236) Air Engiadina
JY-CMC Embraer ERJ-135BJ (14501126) Arab Wings
LN-RPB Boeing 737-683 (28294) SAS Scandinavian Airlines
N162GB IAI Galaxy G200 (117) Corporate
N588AT Gulfstream G450 (4020) Corporate
N885AR Gulfstream G450 (4009) Corporate
OE-GZK Cessna 560 (560-5668) Jet Alliance
OE-HAC Cessna 750 (750-0232) Corporate
OE-IDB Embraer ERJ-135BJ (14500999) Avcon Jet
RA-86561 Ilyushin IL62M (4154842) Rossiya Special Flight Detachment
RA-96012 Ilyushin IL-96-300PU (74393201009) Rossiya Special Flight Detachment
SP-LDF Embraer Emb-170100LR (17000035) LOT Polish Airlines
T.18-5/45-44 Dassault Falcon 900 (73) Spanish Air Force 73 Gruppo
TC-JDO Airbus A330-243F (1004) THY Turkish Airlines
UR-ABA Airbus A319-115CJ (3260) Ukraine Government
VP-BRT Boeing 737-7BC (32970) Corporate
VP-CFR Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy (134) Corporate

UK - Wales Aircraft Museum - 1970s-1990s

Many thanks to RichT for sending in the above badge pictures.

The following listing is very much considered "work in progress". Details have been collected from many sources, details of which can be found at the end. If you can add anything, however small, please let me know. Especially useful would be WAM arrival/departure dates and repaint dates. Also any logs from the museum, detailing colour schemes/codes worn would be appreciated.
Thanks email me

59 Dassault Mystere IV French Air Force

Procured under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program and thus remained US property - EC.7 "7-CV" - GE.314 "314-TH" - wfu and transferred to US ownership 1978 - Flown to RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk 03/05/78 coded "314-TH" - transferred to USAF Museum custody - to WAM by road 24/10/78 on loan - sometime repainted with Suez stripes and code "2-SF" - scrapped on site 02/98 by Mil-Ver Metals, Coventry with US officials in attendance.

Pictured on 14/09/85 by Kev Slade

52-9963 Lockheed T-33A-1-LO French Air Force

Procured under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program and thus remained US property - "YB" - CEVSV.338 "338-HC" - "WI" - EC.5 "5-MB" - wfu and transferred to US ownership 1978 - Flown to RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk 30/05/78 coded "5-MB" - transferred to USAF Museum custody - to WAM by road by 12/78 on loan - sometime repainted in USAF scheme - scrapped on site 02/98 by Mil-Ver Metals, Coventry with US officials in attendance.

Pictured on 14/09/85 by Kev Slade

Pictured on 14/04/88 credit Brian Johnstone

54-2160 North American F-100D Super Sabre French Air Force

Procured under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program and thus remained US property - EC.3 "3-IF" - EC.11 "11-EC" - EC.11 "11-ET" - EC.11 "11-YF" - wfu and transferred to US ownership 1977 - Flown to RAF Sculthorpe Norfolk 22/02/77 coded "11-YF" - transferred to USAF Museum custody - to WAM by road 13/03/78 on loan - sometime repainted in USAF scheme as "63000 FW-000" - scrapped on site 02/98 by Mil-Ver Metals, Coventry with US officials in attendance.

Pictured on 16/09/78 credit emdjt42 on flickr

Pictured on 14/04/88 credit Brian Johnstone

E409 Hawker Hunter F.51 Royal Danish Air Force

ff 21/03/56 as 401 - dd 24/08/56 - Vaerlose 56-57 - reserialled E-409 - Esk-724 - stored Aalborg - purchased by Hawker-Siddeley Dunsfold 09/12/75 - to Class 'B' marks G-9-437 - total flying hours 3,282 - stored Dunsfold - to WAM by road 79 - sometime repainted in red/white as RAF "XF383/71", later to "WV309", and back to "XF383" in 'Black Arrows' scheme - departed by 09/95 - to City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich AP, Norfolk arr 07/10/95 - sometime repainted in 74 Sqn marks as "XE683/G" - current

Pictured on 14/04/88 credit Brian Johnstone

G-AHTE Percival Proctor IV

c/n Ae.58 - built at Luton 46 - registered 26/06/46 - CofA expired 10/08/61 at Elmdon - Walsall - Hereford - location unknown - Llanelli - Ammanford - SWAPS 75 - refurbished at Fairwood Common - to WAM 77 - to Jeremy Hassel, Llanelli late 84 - under restoration - for sale 09/92 - Nayland Suffolk by 03/94 - Little Staughton Cambs - Clacton-on-Sea area, Essex by 07/02 - still under restoration and last noted 11/09

G-ANRS Vickers Viscount 732 British Airways Cambrian Division

c/n 75 - ff 07/06/55 - G-ANRS Hunting Clan Air Transport dd 15/06/55 - OD-ACH Middle East Airlines leased 07/10/55 - G-ANRS BEA "George Bass" leased 19/11/55 - OD-ACH MEA returned 31/03/56 - G-ANRS Hunting Clan Air Transport returned 29/09/57 - SU-AKY Misrair Egyptian Airlines bought 31/08/59 - United Arab Airlines 08/60 - G-ANRS British Eagle International Airlines "City of Newcastle" bought 03/65 - CofA expired 05/05/69 total hours 23,405 - Cambrian Airways bought 10/07/69 for spares - wings removed and used as cabin crew trainer at Rhoose - renamed British Airways Cambrian Division - painted in British Airways scheme as "G-WHIZ" late 74 - to WAM 77, used as gift shop - sometime painted in Dan-Air scheme as "G-ARBY" - to Airport Fire Service c.91 - returned to WAM site by mid 95 - scrapped on site 02/96

Pictured on 30/08/82 credit swbkcb on flickr

Tim Brown has kindly sent the team two photograph's of a Cambrian safety card he recovered from this aircraft prior to it's demise (click on the thumbnails to see a full size image)

G-AOJC Vickers Viscount 802 British Airways

c/n 152 - ff 07/11/56 - G-AOHC British European Airways ntu - G-AOJC registered 02/01/56 to BEA "Robert O'Hara Burke" dd 19/01/57 - British Airways 01/04/74 - wfu and flown to Rhoose for storage 09/10/75 - registration cancelled 31/10/75, CofA expired 20/01/77 - to WAM 75 - sometime painted in Cambrian Airways scheme, followed later by BEA scheme - broken up 01/96 - fuselage to Enstone, Oxon 02/96 - broken up 03/97 - cockpit submerged at a diving club in Oxfordshire


G-BFTZ Socata MS.880B Rallye Club

c/n 1269 - F-GPAX - G-BFTZ registered 02/06/78 - CofA expired 19/09/81 - registration cancelled 14/11/91 - Ross Aviation Services, Fownhope, Hereford & Worcester - to WAM by 08/92 - returned to Fownhope by late 93 - to The Aeroplane Collection, Warmingham, Cheshire by 01/94 - relocated with TAC to Hooton Park, Cheshire by 03/94 - to Firbeck, South Yorkshire by late 94 - to Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Notts 02/96 - current

WB491 Avro Ashton 2 Royal Aircraft Establishment

Modified on production line from Tudor 2 c/n 1396 (G-AJJW ntu) - f/f 02/08/51 at Woodford - d/d 08/09/51 to RAE Farnborough - to the National Gas Turbine Establishment, Pyestock, Farnborough 21/07/53 - to Napier, Luton 13/04/54 and fitted with an under-fuselage mounting for testing gas turbine engines, fitted with a RR Conway, ff as such 20/08/55 - to NGTE 01/09/55 - damaged by fire 06/02/57 at Farnborough, Cat.4 repair carried out on site by Avro - to Rolls-Royce, Hucknall 29/03/58 - returned to NGTE 13/01/59 - SoC 13/02/62 at Farnborough - rear fuselage/wings removed 10/62 with rear fuselage to RAE Bedford - to Dunsfold in early 70's and placed in the centre of a wood as a training aid for Surrey Police Force, fell out of use and moved to the dump in 80 - rescued by WAM 80 - painted in BOAC scheme by 02/93 - to Avro Heritage Society, Woodford, Gtr Manchester by 07/95 - to Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Notts 26/02/03 - current


WE925 Gloster Meteor F.8 Royal Air Force

dd 15/03/51 - 64 Sqn - 63 Sqn - 64 Sqn - 92 Sqn - 43 Sqn - 34 Sqn - 229 OCU - Flight Refuelling Ltd 10/10/61 as spares source for U.16 drone programme - stored Tarrant Rushton - to WAM c.79 (composite with parts from VZ530) - to Classic Jet Aircraft Group, Loughborough, Leics by 10/90 - to Norfolk (with centre section briefly at East Midlands AP Aeropark Leicestershire) by 03/99 - to International Air Parts, Bankstown, NSW, Australia 29/11/01


WG718 Westland Dragonfly HR.3 Royal Navy

c/n W/H/49 - Fleetlands - Culdrose School of Aircraft Handling Class II instructional airframe A2531 18/02/65, used by Air Command Driving School - downgraded to Class III 25/01/68 - allocated to FAA Museum 08/70 - to Yeovilton 24/02/71, used as a spares source for WG719, in a derelict state by 07/72 - to WAM 13/06/79 by road - sometime repainted as "-/934" - to Stratford Aircraft Collection, Long Marston, Warks by early 92 - to Dragonfly Restoration Project, Elvington, N Yorkshire 08/07/95 - used for spares for WH991 and reduced to centre section only by 2000


WH798 English Electric Canberra PR.7 Royal Air Force

built by English Electric, Preston, c/n 71294 - dd 18/05/54 - 542 Sqn - 100 Sqn - 17 Sqn - 80 Sqn - 13 Sqn - 17 Sqn - 31 Sqn - 8130M allocated 11/03/71 at Wildenrath but ntu and cancelled 17/09/71 - to St.Athan MU for storage 14/09/71 - sold 30/11/81 and to dump by 06/82 with rear fuselage/wings removed - to WAM by 04/84 - fitted with rear fuselage from WJ581, and later with anonymous wings - scrapped on site c.91


WJ576 English Electric Canberra T.17 Royal Air Force

built as B.2 by Handley Page, Radlett - dd 07/07/53 - 231 OCU - Swifter Flt (This special flight was set up in 1960 at El Adem to investigate the effects of high-speed low-altitude flying on aircraft structures and the aircrew. The Flight provided data for use in the TSR.2 programme as well as giving general details about such flight profiles. Each aircraft was specially strengthened for the rigorous programme as well as being fitted with a full suite of recording instruments. Sorties were flown both day and night and all at heights of 100-600 feet. The crews, mostly from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, underwent continuous monitoring by the Institue of Aviation Medicine. Swifter Flight aircraft all had white painted centre and forward fuselages and carried a "Swift" emblem on the fin). - to Boulton Paul, Seighford for ECM trials 1963 - to BAC 1965 for conversion to T.17 - 360 Sqn 67 - to St.Athan MU for storage mid 70's - sold 09/03/83 - to WAM spring 83 - to Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe, Leics 03/96, broken up and scrapped at Coventry, nose section preserved - to Black Country Aircraft Collection (renamed Staffordshire Aircraft Restoration Team 2005), Wolverhampton, W Midlands 09/11/99 and displayed at the Boulton Paul Aircraft Heritage Project - current

WJ581 English Electric Canberra T.17 Royal Air Force

built as B.2 by Handley Page, Radlett - 231 OCU - converted to T.17 - 360 Sqn - to St Athan MU for storage mid 70's - to WAM spring 83 dismantled, fuselage and wings fitted with rear fuselage from WT518, actual rear fuselage fitted to WH798 mid 84 - broken up and scrapped 92 - nose section probably to BB Aviation, Canterbury, Kent by 10/92 - current, last noted 04/06

WJ944 Vickers Varsity T.1 Royal Air Force

ff 19/02/53 at Hurn - dd 11/03/53 to 8 MU Little Rissington - CNCS Shawbury 04/05/56 "A" - 2 ANS Thorney Island "A" - 1 ANS Stradishall "L" - 5 FTS Oakington "M" - 1 ANS Stradishall "Y" - 6 FTS Finningley "Y" - to WAM 13/04/76 by air from Finningley with callsign "CWM05" landing at 10:52 - painted in "raspberry ripple" scheme 80's - painted in fake RNZAF scheme early 90's as "NZ233", then to "RAF Transport Command" scheme mid 90's - scrapped on site by 02/96 - nose section to The Netherlands via Portsmouth - no further reports


WL332 Gloster Meteor T.7 Royal Navy

dd Anthorn 18/04/52 - Ford Station Flight 07/05/52 "FD/905" - 806 NAS Brawdy 02/03/53 - Ford Station Flight 23/04/53 "FD/905" - 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent 10/07/53 - Airwork Jet Conversion Unit St Davids 25/09/53 "BY/418" - accident at St Davids 05/04/54 - Flight Refuelling Tarrant Rushton 17/05/54 for Cat.4 repair - AHU Lossiemouth 21/09/54 - Lossiemouth Stn Flt 21/06/55 "LM/905", "LM/935" - Flight Refuelling Tarrant Rushton 01/02/57 for Cat.4 recon - AHU Lossiemouth 15/05/57 - Airwork St Davids 27/05/57 "BY008" - AHU Lossiemouth 22/10/57 - AHU Hal Far 21/02/58 - 728 NAS Hal Far 27/03/58 "HF/571" - stbd u/c failed to lower and a/c swung to stbd after landing 18/05/60 - ARS Hal Far 20/05/60 for repair - 728 NAS Hal Far 28/10/61 "HF/571" - electrical failure and wheels-up landing 27/04/62 - NARIU Lee-on-Solent 21/09/62 - RNAY Fleetlands 22/10/62 - NARIU Lee-on-Solent 20/11/62 - 728 NAS Hal Far 11/12/62 "HF/571", "HF/860" - stbd tyre burst on landing 29/11/66 - shipped to UK - 5 MU Kemble 27/04/67 - Airwork FRU Hurn 03/06/67 "860" - sold to Moston Technical College, Woodford 12/02/69 - SoC RN 11/03/69 - sold to The Aeroplane Collection 74 - Royal Umpire Museum, Croston, Lancs 29/06/74 - to WAM by 08/77 on loan from The Aeroplane Collection - coded "-/888" - to Gordon Yates 03/90 and displayed at the Stratford Aircraft Collection, Long Marston, Warks - Collection disbanded c.91 - to display with the Jet Aircraft Preservation Group at the same location - current


WM292 Gloster Meteor TT.20 Royal Navy

Built as NF.11 for RAF - dd 30/03/53 - 527 Sqn - 15 MU - Taken on Charge RN 23/08/57 - to Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Baginton for conversion to TT.20 - to Aircraft Holding Unit (AHU), Lossiemouth 24/04/58 - to Airwork Fleet Requirements Unit (FRU), Hurn "-/041" 23/05/58 - to Naval Air Radio Installation Unit (NARIU) Lee on Solent 04/06/59 - returned to Hurn 17/06/59 - to RNAY Belfast for modifications 24/03/61 - AHU Brawdy 15/08/61 - to Airwork FRU "-/041" 27/10/61 - to NARIU RNAS Lee on Solent 21/04/66 - Airwork FRU Hurn 09/09/66 recoded "-/841" - flown to Yeovilton for Fleet Air Arm Museum 04/06/69, total hours 2206.35 - SoC on handover to FAAM 24/07/69 - to WAM by road 21/06/83 - fuselage out by road to Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe, Leics 17/06/96 followed by the wings on 24/06/96 - to FAAM 23/03/99 - stored in Historic Flight hangar - moved to Cobham Hall - current


WP515 English Electric Canberra B.2 Royal Air Force

c/n 71054 - 12 Sqn - 109 Sqn - 231 OCU - RAFC - CAW - 85 Sqn - 100 Sqn "CD" - to St Athan MU for storage 23/08/89 - tender 10/91 - broken up - nose section to WAM by 02/93 - to 1092 Sqn ATC, TA Centre, Bridgend early 95 - to S & R Jerman, Welshpool, Powys mid 96 - to R Parr, Market Drayton, Shropshire 12/03/04 - to Hawker Hunter Aviation, Scampton, Lincs by 05/04 - refurbished and exported to Germany 01/05 - Luftwaffen Museum, Gatow, Berlin 06/05 stored - current

WR539 DeHavilland Venom FB.4 Royal Air Force

dd 01/02/56 - 60 Sqn - 28 Sqn "F" - SoC 04/07/62 - displayed RAF Kai Tak, Hong Kong - 8399M allocated 08/01/74 - returned to UK by sea as open deck freight, leading to corrosion problem - Cosford Museum 06/76 - sale to Visionair, Miami, USA fell through 04/80 - stored in Midlands - to WAM 83 - to Ross Aviation Services, Fownhope, H&W 92 - to Mosquito Aircraft Museum, London Colney, Herts 11/92 - to Gloucestershire Aviation Collection, Staverton, Gloucs 26/06/97 for restoration - returned to London Colney by 12/00 and stored - current

WT518 English Electric Canberra PR.7 Royal Air Force

dd 05/04/55 - 31 Sqn - 80 Sqn - 31 Sqn - 8133M allocated 11/03/71 at Bruggen but ntu and cancelled 17/09/71 - St Athan MU storage early 70's - 8691M allocated 30/04/81 - CTTS St Athan by 07/81 - rear fuselage only to WAM by 08/91 and fitted to WJ581 (which see) - rest of a/c remained with CTTS until broken up 08/93 and scrapped at Stock, Essex

WV753 Percival Pembroke C.1 Royal Air Force

dd 04/01/56 - 81 Sqn - FECS - MoA - BCCS - FCCS - SCS - 207 Sqn - 4 SoTT St Athan 70 - 8113M allocated 01/10/70 - to WAM 08/77 - to Airport Fire Service area by 08/92 and broken up mid 94 - cockpit to Air Atlantique Historic Flight, Coventry AP, Warks by 09/94 as spares for Prince 6E G-AMLZ and scrapped mid 95 - rest of fuselage remained with the Airport Fire Service and noted dumped in trees by crash gate 2 03/00 - reduced to a gutted shell by late 00


WV795 Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6 Royal Navy

Built as FGA.4 and dd AHU Abbotsinch 27/09/54 - 787 NAS West Raynham 15/11/54 - 700 NAS Ford 11/01/56 "FD/515" - RNAY Fleetlands 16/10/56 converted to FGA.6 - AHU Abbotsinch 28/08/57 - 806 NAS 23/04/58 - RNAY Fleetlands 15/06/59 - MTPS Abbotsinch 08/12/59 - AHU Abbotsinch 04/04/60 - 738 NAS Lossiemouth 20/12/60 "LM/646" - Short Bros Belfast 01/07/62 for mods & storage - RNAY Belfast 28/02/63 - Short Bros Belfast 06/02/64 for storage - RNAY Belfast 16/08/66 - SoC 20/01/71 - to 1 SoTT RAF Halton 20/01/71 - 8151M allocated 10/06/71 - allotted to SAH Culdrose 21/01/72 - to A2661 16/03/77 - not used but retained as spares source for WV908 until SoC 19/12/77 - to WAM by road 06/09/78 - to Bob Poulter, Peasedown St. John, Avon by 11/81 - to Jet Heritage, Hurn 10/89 - to Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe, Leics by early 97 - to Kennet Aviation, Cranfield, Beds late 98 - returned to Phoenix Aviation 07/04/00 - to Farnborough Air Sciences Ltd, Farnborough, Hants 26/01/05 - to Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey by 08/06 - current

WV826 Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6 Royal Navy

Built as FGA.4 c/n 6071 and dd AHU Stretton 21/10/54 - 804 NAS Lossiemouth 21/12/54 "-/191" - RDU Anthorn 17/11/55 - RNAY Fleetlands 11/01/57 - AHU Abbotsinch 13/02/57 - AHU Lossiemouth 27/02/58 - 738 NAS Lossiemouth 19/03/58 "LM/633" - 736 NAS Lossiemouth 17/12/58 "LM/608" - RNAY Fleetlands 25/08/59 and converted to FGA.6 - 736 NAS Lossiemouth 19/05/60 "LM/621" - 738 NAS Lossiemouth 18/08/60 "LM/637" - to SAH Culdrose 62 - total flying hours 1023.40 - A2532 allocated 27/02/62 - coded "2" by 07/64 - painted black overall coded "SAH-2" by 07/66 - wfu and derelict by 03/76 - allocated to Imperial War Museum but ntu - to SWAPS, Fairwood Common, Swansea 01/77 and refurbished as "Z/147" - to WAM by 01/81 - sometime repainted as "WV906 -/182" - to Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe, Leics 02/02/96 - to Kennet Aviation, Cranfield, Beds late 98 - returned to Phoenix Aviation 99 departed 10/08/99 - to Malta Aviation Museum, Ta Qali, Malta arrived 20/08/99 - current as "WV826 O/161"

WW217 De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21 Royal Navy

Built at Chester as FAW.21 c/n 12741 - dd AHU Stretton 15/08/55 - RNAY Belfast 07/11/55 - 890 NAS Lossiemouth 19/03/56 "O/351" - DH Chester 25/06/56 - AHU Stretton 01/11/56 - RNAY Belfast 20/03/58 - AHU Abbotsinch 04/06/58 - RNAY Belfast 05/07/59 and converted to FAW.22 - AHU Abbotsinch 11/02/60 - Yeovilton 22/07/60 - 891 NAS Yeovilton 25/07/60 "-/436" - AHU Abbotsinch 28/03/61 - Yeovilton 13/09/61 - 750 NAS Hal Far 15/09/61 "HF/676" , "HF/590" - Yeovilton 15/02/65 - RNAY Belfast 18/02/65 - ADTU Yeovilton 03/06/69 "VL/736" - total flying hours 1209.00 - to Yeovilton dump by 07/70 - SoC to Culdrose for fire fighting 20/08/70 - to Chertsey CCF, Ottershaw School, Surrey by 09/72 - to WAM early 82 but not assembled - to Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Notts 16/12/83 - current as "351"

WW388 Percival Provost T.1 Royal Air Force

dd 07/09/54 - 2 FTS "O-W", "Q-F", "4", "O-F" - 1 SoTT Halton 59 - 7616M allocated 05/10/59 - 248 MU, Headley Court, Chessington 01/72 - to Cuxwold, Lincs 08/08/75 - to Thorpe Water Park, Chertsey, Surrey 13/05/79 - to Chinnor, Oxon 81 - to Llanelli by 05/84 - to WAM 12/84 in exchange for Proctor G-AHTE - sometime coded "O-F" - to Stratford Aircraft Collection, Long Marston, Warks by late 92 - South Yorkshire Air Museum, Firbeck, S Yorks by 04/95 - to Bomber County Aviation Museum, Hemswell, Lincs by 08/96 - to Vaughn Meers and displayed at the Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Aviation Museum, Sleap, Shropshire by 09/05 - to Newport, Shropshire by late 2009 - current

WX788 DeHavilland Venom NF.3 DeHavilland

dd 07/05/54 - De Havillands, Hawarden for manufacturers trials - De Havillands, Hatfield 07/03/55 for mods - 48 MU Hawarden 04/12/56 - sold 25/11/57 to Flint College of Technology, Connahs Quay, Flintshire - to Chilterns Historic Aircraft Preservation Group, Bledlow Ridge, Bucks 72 - to WAM 75 - to Stratford Aircraft Collection, Long Marston, Warks c.91 - to Midland Warplane Museum, Kenilworth, Warks - to Night Fighter Preservation Team, Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, N Yorks 05/92 - to Aeroventure, Doncaster, S Yorks 02/02 and stored - current

WZ425 DeHavilland Vampire T.11 Royal Air Force

c/n 15019 - built at Christchurch - accepted 28/08/52 - Central Gunnery School, Leconfield 04/09/52 - No.43 Group 14/04/53 - 27 MU Shawbury 29/03/54 - 229 OCU Chivenor 55 - 27 MU Shawbury 16/10/58 - RAFC Cranwell 59 "36" - Min of Aviation 25/01/60 - 5 FTS Oakington 29/06/60 "AN", to "22" c.02/61 - 19 MU St.Athan 26/09/63 - Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawarden 25/11/67 - Woodford - to SWAPS Rhoose by road 31/05/73 - to WAM - to Graham Revill Collection, Birlingham, Worcs by 03/93 - current

WZ662 Auster AOP.9 Army Air Corps

prototype AOP.9 c/n AUS/10/1 - ff 19/03/54 dd 26/06/54 - Auster - A&AEE Boscombe Down 54 - Auster 08/12/54 - Handling Sqn Boscombe Down 29/12/54 - Auster 01/03/55 - 19 MU St Athan 06/04/56 - allocated to Far East Air Force 15/04/58 and shipped Birkenhead to Singapore on SS Ajax 20/05/58 - received at Maintenance Base Seletar 18/10/58 - to 656 Sqn AAC 09/08/58 - 389 MU store 02/12/61 - returned to UK - 19 MU St Athan 24/04/62 - Middle Wallop 15/02/65 - 2 Wg Netheravon 26/07/65 - 19 MU St Athan 30/07/65 - declared non-effective airframe 08/11/68 - to Mr 'Dizzie' Addicott, West Clandon, Surrey 15/10/69 - to Toogoods Caravans, Bedminster Down, Bristol and displayed on forecourt - obtained by SWHAPS and housed at the RAF St.Athan Museum by 74 - to WAM 02/76 - to Swansea for restoration by mid 81 - registered G-BKVK 08/08/83 - to Shobdon 12/83 for further restoration and first flown 26 or 27/05/84 - current

XA459 Fairey Gannet ECM.6 Royal Navy

ff 29/12/56 at Ringway as AS.4 - dd 15/01/57 to RDU Anthorn - 814 NAS Culdrose 04/03/57 - AR Culdrose 13/06/57 - AHU Culdrose 12/11/57 - AHU Abbotsinch 18/10/58 - NARIU Lee-on-Solent converted to ECM.6 - 831 NAS Culdrose 02/05/61 "-/274", "CU/394" - NARIU Lee-on-Solent 28/10/63 - 831 NAS Watton 09/04/64 "R/394", "R/396" - total flying hours 1005.05 - to GIA AES Lee-on-Solent 21/07/66 - to NASU Culdrose 09/07/68 - SoC 18/11/70 - to SAH Culdrose - A2608 31/11/70 - wfu & dismantled by 23/11/78 - to WAM by road 04/04/79 - sometime coded "E/-" - to Gloucester area late 89, damaged going under low bridge enroute - auctioned 08/11/90 - to Cirencester, Gloucs - to Lambourn, Berks 99 - to Woodlands St Mary, Berks - to White Waltham, Berks 05/11/06 - current

XA903 Avro Vulcan B.1 Rolls-Royce

ff 10/05/57 at Woodford - dd to Avro, Langar 31/05/57 - returned to Woodford 27/01/58 for development of the Blue Steel weapon - to Avro Australia 12/11/60 for continued Blue Steel testing on the Woomera range, returning to Woodford 07/02/61 - to Filton 01/64 and fitted with an underslung Olympus 953 engine and intake in a nacelle below the bomb bay, ff as such 09/09/66 - fitted with an RB.199 in a ventral pod and ff as such 19/04/73 - to Farnborough on its last flight 22/02/79 and slowly deteriorated in the open until broken up 09/84 - nose section to WAM by late 84 - to Colin Mears, Sidcup, Gtr London by 04/93 - to Paul Hartley, Wellesbourne Mountford, Warks 27/07/99 and displayed at the Wellesbourne Wartime Museum - current

Pictured on 14/09/85 by Kev Slade

XD826 Vickers Valiant BK.1 Royal Air Force

dd 12/02/57 - 7 Sqn - 90 Sqn - 138 Sqn - 232 OCU - 543 Sqn - 7872M allocated 05/02/65 to Feltwell but a/c broken up at Wyton - nose section to 2 SoTT Cosford - to 1289 Sqn ATC, High School, Alcester Rd, Stratford-on-Avon, Warks 77 - to RAF Abingdon by 09/84 - to WAM by 06/86 marked as "WZ826" - departed 92 - to The Cockpit Collection, Rayleigh, Essex by 04/93 - current

XG592 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Royal Navy

c/n WA.87 - f/f 24/04/57 at Yeovil - Westlands for trials 03/05/57 - taken on RN charge 19/11/59 - AHU Fleetlands 29/05/60 - 700 NAS Yeovilton 10/10/60 - 705 NAS Culdrose 21/11/60 "531" - AHU Fleetlands 04/06/62 - to Far East c.04/63 - 846 NAS HMS Albion 06/07/63 - AHU Sembawang 21/08/64 stored - to UK 66/67 - AHU Fleetlands by 07/67 - 705 NAS Culdrose 12/67 "554" - RNAY Wroughton 05/12/74 - SoC 06/76 - to WAM 07/76 "54" - departed by 08/91 - to Task Force Paintball, Cowbridge - current

XG737 DeHavilland Sea Venom FAW.22 Royal Navy

c/n 121138 - Built at Chester - dd AHU Stretton 07/01/58 - RNAS Dord 19/03/58 - 891 NAS Ford 28/03/58 "B/438" - AHU Hal Far 24/10/58 - RNAY Belfast 31/10/58 - RAE Farnborough 28/05/59 - RNAY Belfast 29/05/59 - AHU Abbotsinch 01/06/59 - 893 NAS Yeovilton 04/09/59 "V:456" - RNAY Belfast 14/10/59 - AHU Abbotsinch 04/11/59 - RNAY Fleetlands 24/12/59 - shipped to Far East 09/02/60 - RNAHU Seletar 60 - 894 NAS HMS Albion 27/07/60 "497" - RNAY Belfast 20/12/60 - AHU Abbotsinch 11/07/61 - Shorts Belfast 19/09/62 - NARIU Lee on Solent 06/06/66 - Airwork ADTU Yeovilton 20/07/66 "VL/737" - FAA Museum Yeovilton 07/03/69 "B/438" - SoC 27/03/69 - to WAM by 01/78 - recoded "Z/220" - to Jet Aircraft Preservation Group, Long Marston Warks by 07/92 - to East Midlands Aeropark, Notts arrived 31/10/09 - current

XG883 Fairey Gannet T.5 Royal Navy

c/n F.9412 - ff 01/03/57 - dd RDU Anthorn 30/05/57 - AHU Abbotsinch 12/07/57 - NARIU Lee on Solent 25/01/60 - Stn Flt Culdrose 23/03/60 "CU/996" - 849 NAS HQ Flt Culdrose 25/07/60 "CU/451" - Westland, White Waltham 15/07/64 - Westland, Ilchester 07/07/65 - 849 NAS HQ Flt Brawdy 17/02/66 "BY/773" - NASU Brawdy 09/01/70 - FAA Museum, Yeovilton 03/06/70 - SoC 08/06/70 - loaned to WAM 12/04/83 - loaned to Museum of Berkshire Aviation, Woodley, Berks 23/03/96 - current

"XH177" English Electric Canberra PR.9 Royal Air Force

Brough by 69, nose as test specimen - nose section at Boscombe Down by 09/85 - tender 10/87 - to WAM 03/02/88 - to Hanningfield Metals, Stock Essex 01/02/94 - departed between 01/98 & 03/99 - to Frank Millar, Corby, Northants 2000 - loaned to Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Notts 02/11/00 - current
NOTE: For many years this was thought to be from XH177 but, quoting from Wrecks & Relics 21, "extensive research has revealed enough to debunk the theory that this was from XH177, it is now thought to be a 'boiler-plate' for development/installation trials". W&R11 (1988) was the first to suggest an identity but did say "now thought to be from XH177" and this seems to have been taken as gospel over the years. XH177 was with 13 Sqn at RAF Luqa, Malta when placed Cat.4(R) in 12/65 due to wing spar cracks. It was ReCat.5(c) in 04/66 and SoC 05/08/67. Remains were noted in a scrapyard at Fgura, Malta on 08/10/69.

XJ409 Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 Royal Air Force

Built as HAR.4 c/n WA.35 - ff 03/11/54 as XD779 - dd 19/11/54 to 47 MU Sealand and renumbered XJ409 12/54 - to Far East by sea 26/01/55 - Maintenance Base Far East 11/03/55 - 155 Sqn 31/03/55 - MBFE 18/09/56 for repair & storage - 20 MU Aston Down 24/07/58 - Westlands 03/09/58 - St.Athan 20/02/59 - 20 MU Aston Down 23/02/59 - 275 Sqn 25/03/59 - Westlands for Cat.4 repair 20/08/59 - 228 Sqn 04/12/59 - converted to HAR.2 27/09/62 - Westlands, Old Mixon 15/01/63 and converted to HAR.10 (the 42nd) f/f 20/07/64 - 15 MU Wroughton 05/08/64 - 2 MU Sealand for overseas prep 07/09/64 - 1310 Flt British Guiana 01/10/64 "Faith" - departed Belize 05/10/66 in Belfast XR369 arriving Fairford 07/10/66 - 15 MU Wroughton 11/10/66 - Westlands 17/11/66 for repair/refurbishment - MinTech 26/10/67 - RRE Pershore 25/11/68 - A&AEE/ETPS Boscombe Down 10/03/71 - BAC Warton SAR Flt 01/05/74 - stored (GIA ?) Boscombe Down 20/11/75 - RNAY Wroughton 16/02/77 by road for storage - to WAM 13/06/79 by road - departed by 08/91 - to Pump House Restaurant, Grangetown, Cardiff f/n 03/92 - to Maes Artro Village, Llanbedr by 04/94 - last noted 04/06 - village demolished 06/06 & fate unknown

XL449 Fairey Gannet AEW.3 Royal Navy

f/f Northolt 02/12/58 - Fairey White Waltham 31/12/58 - A&AEE Boscombe Down 24/11/59 - Fairey White Waltham 03/02/60 - AHU Culdrose 31/05/62 - 849 NAS HQ Flt Culdrose 09/08/62 "CU/416" - 849 NAS HQ Flt Lossiemouth 30/03/63 - 849 NAS HQ Flt Brawdy 03/03/66 "BY/763" - 849 NAS A Flt 11/12/67 "H/266" - 849 NAS D Flt 18/12/68 "E/071" - 849 NAS HQ Flt Brawdy 26/08/69 "BY/762" - Gannet Support Unit Lossiemouth 09/09/70 "LM/762" - 849 NAS B Flt Lossiemouth 09/07/73 "R/043" - 849 NAS HQ Flt Lossiemouth 13/12/74 "LM/762", "CU/760", "LM/760" - AHU Lossiemouth 15/05/78 - arrived WAM by air 25/09/78 - total hours 2816.30 - sometime to "H/044" - scrapped on site 20/02/96 - cockpit to Gary Spoors, Enstone, Oxon 23/02/96 - to Camberley, Surrey 96 - to Parkhouse Aviation, Wycombe Air Park, Booker 12/97 - to Parkhouse Aviation, Camberley Surrey by 01/00 - current

XM300 Westland Wessex HAS.1 Royal Aircraft Establishment

c/n WA.5 - f/f 30/04/59 at Yeovil - Westlands 11/05/59 - A&AEE 02/12/59 - Westlands 16/05/60 - RAE Farnborough 05/07/70 - RAE Bedford 11/11/70 - RAE Farnborough 05/07/76 - to Ground Experimental Vehicle 08/01/79 - to WAM 01/07/84 - sometime to SAR scheme - to Welsh Industrial & Maritime Museum, Bute St, Cardiff by 04/91 - museum closed 98 - National Museum of Wales Collection Centre, Nantgarw 98 - believed current

XM569 Avro Vulcan B.2 Royal Air Force

dd 31/01/69 - 27 Sqn - Cottesmore Wing - 27 Sqn - Waddington Wing - 44 Sqn - to WAM 02/02/83 arrived by air as "IYY63" landing at 12:15 - scrapped on site 02/96 - cockpit to Gary Spoors, Enstone, Oxfordshire 02/96 - loaned to Gloucestershire Aviation Collection, Staverton, Gloucs 06/02/97 - stored Bentham, Gloucs c.03 - returned Staverton by 04 - current

XN351 Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12 Army Air Corps

c/n S2/7157 - 651 Sqn Middle Wallop 30/08/60 - 1 Flt 652 Sqn Detmold by 10/63 - 1 Flt 655 Sqn Detmold 15/01/64 - 1 Flt 4 Div Avn Detmold 10/64 - 3 RTR Air Tp Fallingbostel by 07/65 - 15 MU 30/06/67 - to Shuttleworth Collection, Beds 13/08/68 - loaned to Torbay Air Museum, Higher Blagdon, Devon 10/72 - Loaned to WAM 12/80, arriving 01/81 - sold 82, moved to Shobdon and restored to fly - registered G-BKSC 23/05/83 - registration cancelled 11/10/00

XN458 BAC Jet Provost T.3 Royal Air Force

1 FTS "19" - 27 MU Shawbury - 1 SoTT Halton - 8234M allocated 21/03/73 but incorrectly written in ledger as "8334M" - sometime coded "H" - CTTS St.Athan 16/05/85 - dismantled 10/91 - to WAM by 02/93 - sometime to "XN594/19" - to Ashington, West Sussex by 02/96 - to 'The Standard' public house, Northallerton, N.Yorks 08/07/05 - repainted as XN458/19 in black scheme - current

XN650 DeHavilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 Royal Navy

c/n 10082 - f/f 20/02/61 at Hatfield as FAW.1 - AHU Abbotsinch 28/03/61 - RNAHU Tengah 13/06/61 - 893 NAS Yeovilton 12/02/62 "C/456" - 892 NAS Yeovilton 16/11/64 "C/211" - RNAY Belfast by 07/65 converted to FAW.2 - RNAY Fleetlands by 15/12/66 - NASU Changi 09/05/67 - 892 NAS Hermes 23/07/67 "301" - RNAY Belfast Stn Flt by 10/68 - GIA A2612 Lee-on-Solent 11/70 ntu - RAE Bedford 02/72 - RNAY Belfast - SAH Culdrose 03/03/72 - SoC 08/03/72 - A2620 ntu - A2639 "SAH-12" - dismantled 11/78 - to WAM 25/04/79 - sometime to "VL" and also "V/456" - to Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe, Leics 15/02/96 - broken-up early 96 and scrapped Coventry, nose kept - to S & R Jerman, Welshpool, Powys 08/10/96 - to Newton Abbott, Devon mid 02 - to Bruntingthorpe, Leics 15/12/07 - current

Pictured on 14/04/88 credit Brian Johnstone

XN928 Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 Royal Navy

f/f 02/06/62 - dd AHU Lossiemouth 16/07/62 - 801 NAS Lossiemouth 29/07/62 "R/119", "V/119" - 809 NAS Lossiemouth 13/02/63 "R/224", "LM/224" - 801 NAS Lossiemouth 09/63 "R/119" - 809 NAS Lossiemouth 11/03/64 "LM/224" - RAE Bedford 27/10/64 - 809 NAS Lossiemouth 02/11/64 - 736 NAS Lossiemouth 10/11/65 "LM/641", "LM/631" - SoC 13/02/70 total hours 923.55 - RNAY Sydenham, Belfast 12/03/70 - 4 SoTT St Athan 20/03/70 - to 8179M 08/10/71 - to WAM 09/76 - sometime to "353", sometime to R/114, to Desert Pink scheme "Glenfiddich/Jaws/Liz" - to Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe, Leics 24/02/96 - broken-up early 96 and scrapped Coventry, nose kept - to RAF Manston History Museum, Manston, Kent 04/99 - to Gravesend, Kent by 10/01 - current

Pictured on 14/04/88 credit Brian Johnstone

XT911 McDonnell-Douglas Phantom FGR.2 Royal Air Force

c/n 2727 - F-4M-33-MC - f/f 06/06/68 - dd to 23 MU 15/10/68 - 228 OCU 08/11/68 - 19 Sqn 19/01/81 "K" - 92 Sqn 07/05/85 "M", "T" - St.Athan MU store 03/03/87 - dumped 10/91 - broken-up by 07/92 - parts noted Hanningfield Metals, Stock, Essex 04/93 - nose section to WAM by 04/93 - repossessed by MOD by 07/95 - to Hanningfield Metals, Stock, Essex and scrapped

ZF578 BAC Lightning F.53 Royal Saudi Air Force

c/n 95275 - f/f 12/10/67 at Salmesbury as G-27-40 - dd Jeddah 08/11/68 as 53-670 - reserialled 202, then B - stored Riyadh 71 - to ZF578 and flown to Warton 14/01/86 - total hours 1886.18 - to WAM 19/01/89 - to fire training area 02/96 - to local farm - to Hunter Restoration Flight, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire 05/08/96 - restored in 23 Sqn marks as "XR753/A" - to Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, West Sussex 06/02 - current

Unidentified Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.4 Royal Navy

Culdrose ? - nose section to WAM by 10/78 - to Bob Poulter, Peasedown St. John, Avon c.83 - to Hooton Park, Cheshire by 11/08
NOTE: At one time this had "Wales Aircraft Museum" painted under the cockpit, and was later painted red. It carries a plate marked 'Serial No. S4 VB 6381' but it is not known to what this refers. Any leads on the identity of this frame, or pictures whilst at WAM, VERY much appreciated.

BAe ATP Engineering Mock-up

Woodford ? - to WAM by 05/95 in swap for Ashton nose section - to Enstone, Oxfordshire by 02/96 - nose removed by 99 - fate unknown

BAe Jetstream 41 Engineering Mock-up

Manufactured at Prestwick, based on Jetstream 200 G-ATXJ - Hatfield, Herts - to WAM by 05/95 in swap for Ashton nose section - to Airport Fire Service by 02/96 - last noted 02/02 - to The College, Ystrad Mynach c11/02 - believed current

Westland Lynx Mock-up

Bedford - to WAM 21/09/95 - to South Yorkshire Air Museum, Firbeck, Yorks 01/96 - to Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Notts 03/97 as "Lenny the Lynx" hands-on exhibit - burnt on fire dump 02 due to wood rot.


GH-9000 HDL HD2 Hovercraft
Noted 85 -  to The Hovercraft Museum, Lee-on-Solent


Pictured on 14/09/85 by Kev Slade  

Credits:Kev Slade/www.abpic.co.uk
Various Wrecks & Relics books from Midland Counties Publications
Numerous Air Britain publications
BARG Roundel magazine
The British Roundel magazine

UK - RAF St.Athan Collection - 1960-1989

RAF St.Athan Historic Aircraft Museum

RAF St.Athans first historic aircraft, the Air Historical Branch owned Junkers 87, arrived in August 1960, probably to take advantage of the manpower and engineering resources available from the based Maintenance Units and School of Technical Training. Indeed, the Painters and Finishers School proved very useful over the coming years, with many aircraft receiving a fresh coat of paint at their hands. One aircraft even received Royal Malaysian Air Force marks courtesy of a course of Malaysian tradesmen.
The collection expanded in the late 60's/early 70's with the emphasis being on World War II types. By January 1974 some 18 aircraft were present, being available for public viewing on the annual Battle of Britain days.
In 1975 defence cuts led to the closure of RAF Colerne in Wiltshire. As well as being an RAF Hercules base the station also housed a very impressive collection of historic aircraft. The collection was dispersed all round the country with St.Athan gaining some 9 aircraft. Further aircraft arrived in 1979 from storage at RAF Swinderby, this being offset by departures to the new Battle of Britain Museum at Hendon.
By January 1982 some 32 aircraft were present, still only available for viewing on one day in September. By January 1984 this had changed, with the Museum being open in the afternoon of the first Sunday of each month. In the mid 80's a rationalisation with the Cosford collection was planned, with St.Athan destined to become the centre for "Axis" aircraft, something it had always been in many respects, but only a few frames changed hands. A further development at this time was the regular ground-running of certain aircraft, most notably the WWII types.
Early in 1988 plans were in place to establish regular viewing weekends but these were put on hold due to the uncertainty of St.Athans future. That uncertainty was well founded with the RAF Historic Aircraft Committee's decision to wind-down the collection starting in mid 1989. Aircraft were dispersed to other collections, notably Cosford and Hendon, with others being auctioned off, the vast majority having gone by the end of 89. Around this time the Committee made another decision that affected the Museum, Spitfire gate guards were to be removed and exchanged for the benefit of the RAF Museum. Some 7 aircraft arrived in late 88/early 89 and were stored, dismantled, in the Museums hangar. All had departed by September 1995.
Over the Collections 20 year history it gained a reputation for the very best restoration work, leaving a legacy that can be seen today in our major aviation museums.

Below is a listing of the Collections aircraft. It does not include the ex gate guard Spitfires. As usual any additions/corrections welcome.
StuC

100503 ? Focke Achgelis Fa.330A-1 Bachstelze Luftwaffe

captured 45 - possibly tested by Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment, Beaulieu late 40's - Aero Club, RAE Farnborough 61/63 - RAFM store Henlow 09/67 - St.Athan Museum by 74 - RAFM Hendon "Wings of the Eagle" temporary display 11/75 - allocated 8469M 13/02/76 - Henlow 06/76 ? - RAFM store Cardington (06/76 ?) - RAFM Cosford c.80 - current

112372 Messerschmidt Me.262A-2a Luftwaffe

history uncertain before capture by RAF - Twenthe, Netherlands 01/06/45 in RAF markings - RAE Farnborough 06/45 - RAF serial VK893 allocated 09/45 - also carried AM51 - RAFC Cranwell Museum by 47 - 71 MU Bicester by 06/61 - RAF Gaydon late 61 repainted as "110800 yellow 7" - RAF Finningley c.72 repainted as "red X" - RAFM Hendon 11/75 "Wings of the Eagle" temporary display - allocated 8482M 16/02/76 - RAFM Cosford c.05/76 - St.Athan Museum 12/85 "4" - RAFM Cosford 23/02/89 - RAFM Hendon 14/07/03 - current

120227 Heinkel He.162A-2 Luftwaffe

Built 04/45 - JG1 Leck - captured 06/05/45 Leck - RAE Farnborough 31/07/45 not flown and dumped by 15/12/46 - AM.65 - RAF serial VN679 allocated 26/11/45 - rescued for display and displayed Squires Gate, Blackpool 11/07/47 - Central Gunnery School, Leconfield by 49 - RAF Melksham by 53 - RAF Colerne Collection c.58 and used as a travelling exhibit, restored 76 "2" - allocated 8472M 13/02/76 - St.Athan Museum 30/03/76 - RAFM Hendon 22/11/89 - current

Pictured in 09/78

16336 Kawasaki Ki.100-1b Japanese Air Force

Built 06/45 - captured Tan Son Nhut, Saigon, Vietnam 08/45 - possibly to Tebrau, Malaya and used by the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit, South-East Asia - to UK by sea 06/46 to 08/46 - 47 MU Sealand by 02/47 and crated - RAF Stanmore Park by 02/48 - 15 MU Wroughton late 55 - RAF Fulbeck mid 58 - RAF Colerne 06/60 assembled and repainted - RAF Biggin Hill 09/60 - RAF Finningley 61 - RAF Cosford c.61 repainted 68 "24" - sometime allocated BAPC-83 - allocated 8476M 13/02/76 - St.Athan Museum 13/11/85 restored and engine run regularly - RAFM Cosford c.03/89 repainted 92 (its seventh paint scheme !) - RAFM Hendon 11/11/03 - current

191904 Messerschmidt Me.163B-1a Luftwaffe

II/JG.400 - Husum - Farnborough - AM217 - probably followed a similar pattern as other captured WWII a/c - St.Athan Museum by 77 "25" - allocated 8480M 16/02/76 - Oldenburg, Germany 04/88 - Luftwaffe Museum, Gatow 95 - current

360043 Junkers Ju.88R-1 Luftwaffe

Built 42 "CH+MB" - IV/NJG.3 "D5+EV" - landed RAF Dyce, Aberdeen 09/05/43 with defecting crew - RAE Farnborough 14/05/43 - RAF serial PJ876 allocated 17/05/43 - 1426(EA) Flt Collyweston 06/05/44 - Central Fighter Establishment -Enemy Aircraft Flight Tangmere 04/05/45 "EA-11" - 47 MU Sealand by 05/46 - RAF Stanmore Park c.48 - 125 MU Wroughton c.late 55 - RAF Fulbeck c.58 - RAF Biggin Hill 60 - RAF Henlow 06/67 for Battle of Britain film, but not used - St.Athan Museum 08/73 - restored 75 "D5+EV" - allocated 8475M 13/02/76 - to Battle of Britain Museum, Hendon 14/08/78- current

4101 Messerschmidt Bf.109E-4/B Luftwaffe

Built 09/40 "GH+DX" - JG51 "+12" - 6/JG52 "yellow 8" - 2/JG51 Wissant, France "black +12" - attacked by Spitfires over Kent, hit and bellylanded at RAF Manston, Kent 27/11/40 - 49 MU Faygate, W. Sussex - Rolls-Royce, Hucknall for rebuild to fly 14/12/40 ff 25/02/41 - allocated RAF serial DG200 02/41 - deHavilland, Hatfield 08/02/42 - A&AEE Boscombe Down c.02-03/42 - 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flt, Duxford 24/03/42 - 16 MU Stafford c.09/43 - 52 MU Cardiff c.08/44 - RAF Stanmore Park c.47 "12+GH" - 15 MU Wroughton late 55 - RAF Fulbeck mid 58 - RAF Biggin Hill 60 - RAF Chivenor 12/08/69 - St.Athan Museum 09/69 refurbished by 4 SoTT 70/71 "black 12" - RAFM Hendon c.11/75 "Wings of the Eagle" temporary display - 8477M allocated 16/02/76 - St.Athan Museum c.05/76 - to Battle of Britain Museum, Hendon 05/78 - current

Picture credit Roger Winser

420430 Messerschmidt Me.410A-1/U2 Luftwaffe

Built late 43 "PD+VO" - "3U+AK" - I/ZG.26 "3U+CC" - captured Vaerlose, Denmark 05/45 - painted as "Air Min V-2" - flown to Kastrup 20/08/45 force landed with one engine on fire - flown to Schleswig 03/10/45 - flown to RAE Farnborough 13/10/45 - AM.72 - 6 MU Brize Norton 28/12/45 - 76 MU Wroughton 14/08/46 - 47 MU Sealand - RAF Stanmore Park 49 - 15 MU Wroughton late 55 - RAF Fulbeck c.58 - RAF Cosford early 60 "CC" - RAFM Hendon c.11/75 "Wings of the Eagle" temporary display - RAFM Cosford c.06/76 - allocated 8483M 16/02/76 - St.Athan Museum 20/11/85 - RAFM Cosford 20/12/89 - current

475081 Fiesler Fi.156C-7 Storch Luftwaffe

Built in Czechoslovakia 44 - "GM+AK" - "RR+KE" - captured Flensburg 05/45 - RAE Farnborough 05/09/45 - AM101 - allocated RAF serial VP546 26/04/46 - allocated 7362M 26/07/56 as GIA - 1 SoTT Halton 03/08/56 declared unsuitable - 49 MU Colerne 08/56 - 15 MU Wroughton 18/10/56 - RAF Fulbeck 58 - RAF Finningley c.60 - RAF Bircham Newton by 03/61 - RAF Coltishall c.63 - St.Athan Museum 06/73 - under restoration 75 - "GM+AK" - RAFM Cosford 06/04/89 - current

494083 Junkers Ju.87G-2 Stuka Luftwaffe

Built 43/44 as Ju-87D-5 (possibly with werke number 2883) - modified to Ju-87G-2 (possibly gaining werke number 494083) - captured c.05/45 "RI+JK" - Eggebek, departed by road to UK 04/09/45 - 47 MU Sealand 01/46 - RAF Stanmore Park c.47/48 - 15 MU Wroughton c.late 55 - RAF Fulbeck c.mid 58 - St.Athan 08/60 (the first historic a/c to be allocated) - RAF Henlow by 03/67 for use in Battle of Britain film "W8+A" - St.Athan Museum by 09/69 - repainted 75 "RI+JK" - RAFM Hendon c.11/75 "Wings of the Eagle" temporary display - allocated 8474M 13/02/76 - St.Athan Museum by 09/76 - to Battle of Britain Museum, Hendon 78 - current

Picture credit Roger Winser

501 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF Hungarian Air Force

c/n 760501 - d/d 64 - donated to RAFBF and delivered to Farnborough 24/08/90 in a Heavylift Belfast - auctioned 13/09/90 high bid £35,000 - St.Athan Museum 06/06/91 - IWM, Duxford, Cambs 02/11/97 - current

5439 Mitsubishi Ki.46 Dinah III Japanese Air Force

Built c.42 - 81 Sentai - captured at Kuruan, Malaya 45 - flown to Seletar, Singapore c.02/46 - RAF HQ Singapore 46 "29" - Allied Tactical Air Intelligence Unit (South East Asia), Tebrau 46 - shipped to UK 06/46-08/46 - 47 MU Sealand 26/01/47 crated - RAF Stanmore Park by 01/48 - 15 MU Lyneham late 55 - RAF Fulbeck mid 58 - RAF Finningley 61 - RAF Biggin Hill 63 - RAFM store, Henlow 68/69 - St.Athan Museum 70 - sometime allocated BAPC-84 - allocated 8484M 17/02/76 - RAFM Cosford 03/89 - fuselage to Cardington for repaint 17/12/92 - RAFM Cosford 06/93 - current

Picture credit Roger Winser

584219 Focke Wulf Fw.190A-8/U1 Luftwaffe

Built as standard FW190F-8 44 - converted to two-seat in Poland late 44 - captured Grove (Karup), Denmark 05/45 "black 38" - Schleswig, Germany - RAE Farnborough 02/09/45 - AM29 - 6 MU Brize Norton 05/09/45 - 76 MU Wroughton 17/07/46 - (47 MU RAF Sealand late 46 unconfirmed) - RAF Stanmore Park by 49 - 15 MU Wroughton late 55 - RAF Fulbeck c.mid 58 - RAF Henlow by 02/61 - St.Athan Museum c.09/70 refurbished 72/73 "black 38" - allocated 8470M 13/02/76 - RAFM Hendon 30/11/89 - current

Picture credit Roger Winser

701152 Heinkel He.111H-20 Luftwaffe

Built 44 "NT+SL" - captured 05/45 and allocated to USAAF - flown to Cherbourg for shipment to USA, but insufficient space on ship - 56 FG USAAF Boxted 02/07/45 and painted in 61 FS colours as "HV-O" - flown to RAF North Weald 12/09/45 on return of 56 FG to USA - Heston 14/10/45 - Farnborough 03/11/45, in scrap area by 15/12/46 - 47 MU Sealand 19/05/47 - RAF Stanmore Park c.48 - 15 MU Wroughton late 55 - RAF Fulbeck c.58 - RAF Biggin Hill 60 - RAF Henlow c.05/67 for Battle of Britain film - St.Athan Museum 09/69 - allocated 8471M 13/02/76 - to 5 MU Kemble 78 for repaint "NT+SL" - to Battle of Britain Museum, Hendon 05/78 - current

730301 Messerschmidt Bf.110G-4/R6 Luftwaffe

I/NJG.3 "D5+RL" - captured Grove (Karup), Denmark 05/45 - Schleswig, Germany 01/08/45 - RAE Farnborough 03/08/45 - AM34 - 6 MU Brize Norton 05/09/45 - 76 MU Wroughton 14/08/46 - (47 MU RAF Sealand late 46 unconfirmed) - RAF Stanmore Park by 49 - RAF Andover c.49 - 15 MU Wroughton by 07/57 - RAF Fulbeck c.58 - RAF Church Fenton 60 - RAF Biggin Hill by 09/60 "OL" - RAF Henlow by late 60's - St.Athan Museum 08/73 - allocated 8479M 16/02/76 - restored 76 "D5+RL" - - to Battle of Britain Museum, Hendon 07/08/78 - current

A-522 FMA IA.58A Pucara Argentinian Air Force

Grupo 3 de Ataque - flown to Falkland Islands 05/82 - captured at Stanley AP, Falkland Islands 14/06/82 - to UK by sea 06/09/82 to 23/09/82 on "Contender Bezant" - Abingdon 26/09/82 - allocated 8768M 27/09/82 - St.Athan Museum 25/10/82 - FAA Museum, Yeovilton 08/12/82 - loaned to North East Air Museum, Sunderland, Northumberland 22/07/94 - current

BAPC-38 Bristol Scout static external replica Royal Flying Corps

Built 62 by RAF Weeton apprentices with a genuine Gnome engine - "A1742" - RAF Colerne Collection - St.Athan Museum by 09/74 - RAF St.Mawgan c.87 - Avon stored - ARCo, Duxford, Cambs mid 93 - TDL Replicas, Lowestoft, Norfolk by early 97 - Lorch Airways, Norwich, Norfolk 97 - Solihull, W Mids 11/97 restoration - Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden arrived 17/05/09 - current

Picture credit Roger Winser

BAPC-41 RAF BE.2C static external replica Royal Flying Corps

Built 62 by apprentices of 1 SoTT Halton - "6232" - St.Athan Museum by 09/70 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, N Yorks 10/94 - current

BAPC-42 Avro 504K static external replica Royal Flying Corps

Built 68 by apprentices of 1 SoTT Halton - "H1968" - St.Athan Museum by 09/74 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, N Yorks 10/94 - current

BAPC-47 Watkins CHW Monoplane

Designed and built by Mr. C.H.Watkins, with help from a couple of friends, at Mynachdy Farm, Maendy, Cardiff from 1907 until at least 1909, for a cost of £300. It was christened "Robin Goch" (Red Robin). Mr.Watkins claimed that it made its first hop from the farm in 1909 and his first cross country flight to a ridge on Caerphilly Mountain in 1910. Aviation experts would put the dates of both of these events probably a year or two later. The Watkins was powered by a three cylinder piston engine of 40 h.p. designed and cast by Mr.Watkins at the Cardiff Railway works. The aircraft flew extensively up to 1918, when a cracked cylinder head grounded it, and was well known to locals. It was placed into store. It reappeared briefly in 1943 at the "Wings for Victory" exhibitions staged in Cardiff and Swansea. It returned to store until 1959 when an Officer from RAF St.Athan persuaded Mr.Watkins to display the aircraft at St.Athan - loaned to St.Athan Museum 59 - to storage in Cardiff sometime after 06/91 - National Museum of Wales, Cardiff 01/98 - Collection Centre, Nantgarw by 02/04 - National Waterfront Museum, Swansea by 08/07 - current


Picture credit Roger Winser 

BAPC-59 Sopwith Camel static external replica Royal Flying Corps

RAF Colerne Collection "F1921" -"D3419" - St.Athan Museum by 09/74 - RAF St.Mawgan c.87 - St.Athan Museum by 06/91 - RAFM Cosford 09/94 "B5577 W" - Museum of Flight, East Fortune 26/11/02 - Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre, Montrose by 06/06 - current

BAPC-92 Fiesler Fi.103 (V-1) Luftwaffe

captured 45 - early history unknown - Henlow - St.Athan Museum by 74 - Cardington by 11/88 for restoration - RAFM Hendon by 03/90 - current

BAPC-99 Mitsubishi Ohka II Japanese Air Force

Built 44/45 - captured 45 - RAE Rocket Propulsion Research Establishment, Westcott, Bucks by 04/63 - RAFM Cosford c.76 - sometime allocated BAPC-99 - allocated 8486M 17/02/76 - St.Athan Museum 82 for refurbish - RAFM Cosford by 83 - current

BGA907 Kranich IIB-1 Glider Swedish Air Force

c/n 075 built in 1944 for the Swedish Air Force as Fv8214. After WW2 it became SE-SPT and was owned by a Swedish pilot, Bengt Micrander. At some stage it was sold to a Mr Keuhling, an elderly German glider pilot living in South Wales. Its last flight was probably during 1967, without a CofA, before it entered storage, suffering some damage and deterioration through damp. At some time Mr Keuhling gave it to a Warrant Officer at RAF St Athan and it was first seen in the Museum in 09/74. In 11/75 it was taken to RAF Locking, Weston-Super-Mare by Corporal Tommy Boyle of 'the Glider Servicing Section. The machine did not seem to be in a hopelessly bad condition, all components were there including the 4-piece canopy, but one wing tip was damaged and fittings were corroded. In the late 70's it was sold to David Braham of the Russavia Collection, who stored it at Duxford with the intention of restoring it into Swedish Air Force colours. This didn't happen and it was sold to Germany. In November 2024 it was reported as being on rebuild to fly at Strausberg Airfield, Germany.

BL614 Supermarine Spitfire Vb Royal Air Force

Built 41 c/n CBAF.1646 - 8 MU Little Rissington 04/01/42 - 611 Sqn Drem 07/02/42 "FY-?" - 242 Sqn Drem 02/06/42 "KV-?" - 222 Sqn Drem 11/08/42 "ZD-F" - 64 Sqn Ayr 31/03/43 "SH-V" - 118 Sqn Peterhead 25/09/43 "NK-E" - 3501 SU Cranfield 02/11/43 - 2 SoTT Cosford 23/11/43 - allocated 4354M c.12/43 but painted as "M4353" (AB871) - 6 SoTT Hednesford 06/12/43 - 7 Recruits Centre Bridgnorth 20/04/48 - RAF Credenhill 03/03/55 for gate guard, repainted 64 as "AB871 SH-S" - Henlow 26/10/67 for Battle of Britain film, repainted no marks - used for filming at North Weald, Duxford and Hawkinge wearing various serials/codes - Henlow 09/68 and renovated "AB871" - RAF Wattisham 16/09/69 - RAFMRC Colerne 27/09/72 restored 74 "BL614 ZD-F 222 Sqn" - St.Athan Museum 28/08/75 - Abingdon 08/01/80 to help in rebuild of AB910 - St.Athan Museum by 09/81 - Manchester Air & Space Museum 07/12/82 - Medway Aircraft Preservation Society Ltd, Rochester, Kent 03/95 for restoration "ZD-F 222 Sqn" - RAFM Hendon 20/10/97 - current

EE549 Gloster Meteor IV Special Royal Air Force

Built 46 - RAF High Speed Flight 08/08/46 - set a new World Speed Record of 615.78 mph 07/09/46 - Glosters 03/10/46 - FCCS 29/05/47 "MR-J" - CFE 24/03/48 - RAFC Cranwell Museum 10/06/52 - allocated 7008M 12/01/53 - RAF Fulbeck 04/06/58 - RAF Innsworth 03/61 - 19 MU St.Athan 11/04/67 for restoration - RAFM Hendon 11/71 - Abingdon 09/80 - St.Athan Museum by 09/81 - RAFM Cosford 86 - Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere, W Sussex 19/09/92 - current

G-AEEH Henri Mignet HM.14 Pou du Ciel

Built by E.G.Davis, Bath, Somerset 35/36 c/n EGD.1 - registered 13/03/36 - ff 05/11/36 Whitchurch, Bristol - wfu 15/05/38, engine sold and airframe stored in a garage in Bath - registration cancelled 08/46 - spotted by a pilot from Colerne who arranged a donation to the Museum - RAF Colerne Collection 66 later fitted with motorcycle engine - St.Athan Museum late 75 - allocated BAPC-47 - RAFM Cosford by 12/92 - current

G-ASPX Campbell Bensen B-8M Gyrocopter

c/n CA/204 - registered 09/03/64 - Commander L.D.Goldsmith - RAF Colerne Collection loan - St.Athan Museum late 75 - Dick Williams, Oxon 06/09/82 - crashed 16/11/89 on the beach at Morfa Bychan, Wales killing the pilot - registration cancelled 16/07/90

G-AVXV Bleriot XI

c/n 225 Built 1910 with 3 cylinder Anzani of 24 h.p. - Camille Amand - Jules Dupont (aged 15) purchased in damaged condition, restored in Liege and flown extensively up until the war - confiscated by the Germans in 1915 - sold to Edmond Graindorge, Ampsin, Belgium postwar and stored - acquired by Commander L.D.Goldsmith 60's - moved to Old Warden and restored by the Shuttleworth Trust and Southdown Aero Services - first flown 66 and registered G-AVXV 02/11/67 - to RAF Colerne Collection on loan - to St.Athan Museum late 75 - BAPC-104 - IWM Duxford by 09/86 - Hatch, Beds c.88 and restored to fly, ff from Old Warden 16/06/89 - attempted cross channel flight France-England on 25/07/89 but ditched not far from English coast, salvaged and returned to Hatch for rebuild - registration cancelled 16/07/92 - to France 92 - registered F-AZIN - Musee Aeronautique Presqu'ile Cote d'Amour, La Baule - current

K4972 Hawker Hart Royal Air Force

2 FTS Digby 12/11/35 - 2 FTS Brize Norton 07/09/37 - 24 MU Ternhill 13/06/38 - 12 MU Kirkbride 08/09/39 - allocated 1764M 22/01/40 - 22 MU Silloth 31/12/42 - 1546 Sqn ATC Wigton, Cumberland 22/09/43 - 17/03/62 dismantled frame found in loft of outbuilding at Nelson-Tomlinson School, Wigton - 10/11/62 recovered from loft to Carlisle AP - RAFM Henlow 10/63 - St.Athan Museum 01/68 restored by 1 SoTT & 32 MU - RAFM Hendon 72 - RAFM Cardington 06/87 restored - RAFM Cosford 01/06/92 - RAFM Hendon 13/11/02 - current

K-88 Goodyear ZPK-88 Airship Gondola United States Navy

Built 43 - ZP-3 Fortaleza, Brazil 10/43 - Sqn moved to Sao Luiz, Brazil 01/44 - to USA c.45 - Florida swamp - NMNA Pensacola, used as spares ship in restoration of K-47 - Airship Heritage Trust, Cardington, Beds 91 - St.Athan Museum 05/91 for restoration then stored - Newbury, Berks by 03/02 - RAF Millom and Militaria Museum, Haverigg, Cumbria loaned 01/08 - current

L5343 Fairey Battle I Royal Air Force

24 MU Stoke Heath 09/09/39 - 266 Sqn Sutton Bridge 09/12/39 - 20 MU Aston Down 24/02/40 - 98 Sqn Gatwick 13/07/40 - Sqn moved to Kaldadarnes, Iceland 08/40 - force landed south of Hosjökull glacier, Iceland 13/09/40 after engine failure, burnt by recovery crew, destroying most of fuselage - recovered 72 by team from RAF Leeming - RAF Leeming 73, restoration started - RAF Henlow 76 - St.Athan Museum 83 - restored using parts from P2183 - RAFM Hendon 03/90 "VO-S" - Medway Aircraft Preservation Society Ltd, Rochester, Kent 01/06 for restoration - RAFM Cosford arrived 19/10/08 - current

MK356 Supermarine Spitfire IX Royal Air Force

c/n CBAF.IX.1561 - 9 MU Cosford 04/02/44 - 443 Sqn Digby 11/03/44 "21-V" - 84 GSU Bognor 08/44 - 1 SoTT Halton 02/10/45 - allocated 5690M - RAF Hawkinge 53 "M5690", "MK365" - 71 MU Bicester early 62 "MK356 2J" - RAF Locking 62 gate guard - Henlow 67 for Battle of Britain film, also used at North Weald & Duxford with various serials/codes - St.Athan Museum 18/08/69 restored "443 Sqn 21-V" - Abingdon 08/89 for restoration to fly - St.Athan by 07/92 for continuing restoration - f/f 07/11/97 by Sqn Ldr Paul Day - to BBMF Coningsby 14/11/97 - current

MK732 Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXc Royal Air Force

c/n CBAF.IX.1732 - 39 MU Colerne 08/03/44 - 485 Sqn Selsey ALG 25/04/44 - 39 MU Colerne 09/01/45 - allocated to Royal Netherlands Air Force 22/04/47 - ToC 09/06/48 as H-25 - to Netherlands 27/06/48, Twenthe AB - stored Leeuwarden 13/07/48 - Fighter Pilot School, Twenthe 31/03/49 - recoded 06-51 "3W-17" - stored Soesterburg 09/53 - SoC 04/06/54 - Eindhoven as decoy 01/07/54 - dumped by 56 - "stolen" by 14 Sqn RAF and moved to RAF Oldenburg, Germany 56, restored as MK732 with invasion stripes and presented to 124 Wing RAF - RAF Ahlhorn, Germany 57 - RAF Gutersloh 60 - airfreighted to Brize Norton 27/06/69 in Belfast XR366 - 72 MU St.Athan 10/07/69 - Bicester 03/12/70 - BBMF Coltishall 23/10/74 as spares source - Coningsby BBMF spares source - St.Athan Museum by 06/79 - 8633M allocated 26/06/79 - Abingdon by 09/80 to help in rebuild of AB910 - St.Athan Museum 12/11/80 very poor condition - presented to 322 Sqn, Royal Netherlands Air Force Gilze-Rijen 30/08/83 - Aviodome Museum store, Badhoevedorp 13/04/84 - Gilze-Rijen store 29/11/85 - to Steve Atkins, UK, in exchange for plastic replica Spitfire 05/89 - sold to Dutch Spitfire Flight, Netherlands 12/90 - registered G-HVDM 18/01/91 - fuselage restored at Deelen, wings in UK and engine in Netherlands - tarnsported to Lydd, Kent for final assembly and first flown 10/06/93 as "MK732/H-25/Baby Bea V" - "MK732/OU-U/Baby Bea V" - RNLAF Historical Flight, Gilze-Rijen AB 04/10/94 - G-HVDM cancelled 03/10/00 - registered PH-OUQ 20/10/00 "MK732/3W-17" - current

MM5701 Fiat CR-42 Italian Air Force

Built c.40 - 95 SCT Maldegheim, Belgium "95-13" - force landed at Orfordness 11/11/40 due to a broken oil pipe causing an overheated engine on a bombing raid to Harwich - RAE Farnborough 27/11/40 - allocated RAF serial BT474 11/40 - AFDU Duxford 28/04/41 - 16 MU Stafford by 08/43 - 52 MU Cardiff 09/11/44 - 76 MU Wroughton c.12/44 - (47 MU RAF Sealand 08/46 unconfirmed) - RAF Stanmore Park by 49 - 15 MU Wroughton late 55 - RAF Fulbeck c.mid 58 - 49 MU Colerne c.06/60 for refurbish - RAF Biggin Hill c.60 - St.Athan Museum 68 - complete restoration 73/74 "95-13" - allocated 8468M 13/02/76 - to Battle of Britain Museum, Hendon 10/78 - current

N1671 Boulton Paul Defiant I Royal Air Force

6 MU Brize Norton 07/08/40 - 307 Sqn Kirton-in-Lindsey 17/09/40 - 153 Sqn Ballyhalbert 30/10/41 - 285 Sqn Wrexham 22/06/42 - 10 MU Hullavington 16/05/43 - 52 MU Cardiff 08/09/44 - 82 MU Lichfield c.12/44 - 76 MU Wroughton by 02/46 - RAF Stanmore Park c.46 - 15 MU Wroughton by 12/55 - RAF Fulbeck by 58 - St.Athan Museum by 09/61 refurbished 67 "EW-D" - RAF Abingdon 06/68 for Royal Review - RAF Finningley 23/07/68 - RAFM Hendon 01/04/71 - allocated 8370M 05/09/73 - MAPS Rochester for restoration arrived 22/04/09 - current

N248 "S1596" Supermarine S.6A Royal Air Force

Built 29 as S.6 - Schneider Trophy 09/29 - modified to S.6A 31 - Schneider Trophy 09/31 "4" - stored 31 - used in film "The First of the Few" 42 painted as S.6B "S1596" - stored - Southampton Corporation 46 and displayed on the Royal Pier still as "S1596" - RAF Henlow 66 - St.Athan Museum by 09/71 - RAF Henlow - R.J.Mitchell Hall Southampton 07/02/76 - repainted in original scheme and with correct serial - BHC, Cowes c.83 refit - Southampton Hall of Aviation 83 - current

P2183 Fairey Battle I Royal Air Force

12 Sqn - 150 Sqn - 218 Sqn - shot down near Nouvion-sur-Meuse, Ardennes 12/05/40 - what happened next is unknown, but an aircraft with this quoted serial number emerges - Canada - RAF Henlow by 07/77 - St.Athan Museum 83 - consumed in restoration of L5343

RW386 Supermarine Spitfire LF.16 Royal Air Force

c/n CBAF.IX.4644 - 6 MU Brize Norton 02/08/45 - 604 Sqn Hendon 25/03/47 "RAK-?", "NG-D", to GIA 24/08/49 - RAFTC Lindholme 03/03/50 - EARC Debden 15/11/50 "TDE-C", "S-C" - 58 MU Skellingthorpe by 01/52 - allocated 6944M 14/01/52 - RAF Honington by 17/01/52 - RAF Halton as gateguard 29/08/57 - "RF114 4D-Z", "RW386 EH", "RAK-A" - St.Athan Museum by 08/80 - Doug Arnold, Blackbushe by 06/82 - registered G-BXVI 27/12/84 - Bitteswell, Leics 85 - Biggin Hill, Kent c.88 - Audley End, Essex c.91 departed 92 - North Weald, Essex by 11/97 crated - Greenham Common, Berks by 02/04 - Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford, Cambs 07/07/05 restored to fly, ff 02/03/07 "RW386 NG-D" - to SE-BIR 05/07 - to Sweden 29/05/07 - current

TJ138 De Havilland Mosquito TT.35 Royal Air Force

Built 45 as B.35 - 27 MU Shawbury 28/08/45 - 98 Sqn Celle 31/10/50 "VO-L" - 38 MU Llandow 20/02/51 - Brooklands Avn Sywell 15/07/53 and converted to TT.35 - 22 MU Silloth 18/01/54 - 5 CAACU Llanbedr 08/03/54 "Z" - 27 MU Shawbury 09/06/59 - allocated 7607M 08/07/59 - 71 MU Bicester 29/07/59 - RAF Thorney Island 26/05/60 - RAF Hullavington by 65 "VO-L" - RAFMRC Colerne 01/67 - RAF Finningley 17/10/75 - RAF Swinderby 02/77 - St.Athan Museum 11/86 repainted 91 "VO-L" - RAFM Hendon 07/02/92 - current

VP952 De Havilland Devon C.2/2 Royal Air Force

Built as C.1 c/n 04048 47 - Handling Sqn Hullavington 10/10/47 - TCMSU Honington 19/11/47 - Hendon Stn Flt 08/02/49 "CB-A" - TCCF Upavon 02/05/51 - AAFCE 08/09/53 - MCCF Andover 10/11/53 - A&AEE Boscombe Down 20/04/55 - HCCS 11/08/55 - HQBCCS Booker 10/10/55 - MCS Hendon 10/11/05 - TCCF 01/01/62 - Upavon Stn Flt 08/07/63 - SCS 06/11/64 - WCS Andover 03/02/69 - renamed 21 Sqn 69 - Hawker Siddeley Chester 25/09/70 and converted to C.2/2 - 21 Sqn Andover 18/03/71 - 207 Sqn Northolt 29/05/74 - St.Athan Museum by air 05/07/84 - allocated 8820M - RAFM Cosford 02/86 - current

VV106 Supermarine S.510 Royal Navy

ff 28/12/48 Boscombe Down - 08/11/50 first landing of a swept wing aircraft on a carrier deck - RAE Farnborough 14/11/52 - allocated 7175M 17/01/55 - 1 SoTT Halton 17/01/55 - 2 RC Cardington 20/06/61 - RAF Colerne Collection 09/06/64 - St.Athan Museum 29/09/75 - Cosford RAFMRC 01/77 - Lee-on-Solent FAAM store 03/05/90 - Wroughton FAAM store 15/02/95 - FAAM Cobham Hall store, Yeovilton 24/11/99 - current

VX272 Hawker P.1052 Royal Navy

ff 19/11/48 Boscombe Down - RAE Farnborough 26/06/49 - allocated 7174M 14/01/55 - 1 SoTT Halton 08/02/55 - 2 RC Cardington 20/06/61 - RAF Colerne Collection 09/06/64 - St.Athan Museum 08/09/75 - Cosford RAFMRC 01/77 - Lee-on-Solent FAAM store 03/05/90 - Wroughton FAAM store 15/02/95 - FAAM Cobham Hall store, Yeovilton 24/11/99 - current

WA634 Gloster Meteor T.7/8 hybrid Royal Air Force

Glosters, Moreton Valence 10/11/49 - A&AEE Boscombe Down 07/03/51 - Glosters 26/09/51 - Martin-Baker, Higher Denham 18/01/52 - Glosters 07/04/52 fitted with F.8 rear fuselage/tail unit and rear cockpit modified for ejection seat trials - Martin-Baker 24/07/52 used in numerous live ejection seat trials - dismantled Chalgrove by late 73 "MBA634" - St.Athan Museum 08/74 - RAFM Cosford 86 - current

WB188 Hawker Hunter F.3 Royal Air Force

Built as Hawker P.1067 - f/f Boscombe Down 20/07/51 - Hawkers - modified to F.3 53 - broke World Speed Record 07/09/53 - broke World Closed-Circuit Speed Record 53 -allocated 7154M 25/10/54 - 1 SoTT Halton 10/11/54 - RAF Melksham by 05/61 gate guard - RAF Colerne Collection 23/06/64 - St.Athan Museum 04/09/75 - RAFM Cosford 86 - Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere, W Sussex 19/09/92 - current

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WD935 English Electric Canberra B.2 Royal Air Force

(RAAF A84-1) - c/n 71015 - Vickers Armstrong 08/05/51 used on various guided weapons trials - BCDU Wittering 11/09/59 - CSE Watton 11/07/60 - 151 Sqn Watton 01/01/62 - 97 Sqn Watton 25/05/63 "Z" - 360 Sqn Watton 02/01/67 - 15 MU 13/09/67 - St.Athan MU 25/11/71 - assembled for fire practice 75, but saved by museum - allocated 8440M 20/03/75 - St.Athan Museum 18/04/75 - auctioned 21/09/89 high bid £7,200 - bought by Air Support Aviation for its engines - broken-up on site 17/11/89 - airframe to Wing Spares, Burgess Hill, West Sussex 24/11/89 and reduced to spares - nose section to Coley's scrapyard, Egham, Surrey 91 - Barry Parkhouse, Ottershaw, Surrey 04/03/92 - Derek Leek, Bridgnorth, Shrop. 24/01/94, last noted 05/95 - Birdlip, Gloucs. - Aeroventure, Doncaster, S Yorks. by 05/03 - current

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WE600 Auster C4 Royal Air Force

Built 51 as T.7 - 20 MU Aston Down 25/05/51 - 663(AOP) Sqn 01/08/51 "L" - Cat.4(R) damage 11/07/54 - Auster for repair 08/09/54 - 9 MU Cosford 26/01/55 - Auster 08/07/55 converted to C.4 for 1956/57 Joint Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition - used in Antarctica 56/57 - 19 MU St.Athan 26/03/58 - allocated 7602M 17/03/59 - 71 MU Bicester RAF Exhibition Flight 14/04/59 RAF Colerne by 10/64 - RAF Gaydon c.07/68 - RAF Finningley c.72 - RAF Swinderby 02/77 - St.Athan Museum 05/79 - RAFM Cosford 02/89 - current

WH701 English Electric Canberra B.2 Royal Air Force

2 TAF TDU - 1323 Flt - 542 Sqn - 21 Sqn - Stn Flt Upwood - St.Athan 18/08/60 (MU or SoTT ?) - allocated 7659M 08/09/60 - broken-up 11/71 - nose section survived - sometime sectioned (by SoTT ?) - St.Athan Museum by 74 - 2077 Sqn ATC Talbot Green, Glam by 77 "WH791" - "scrapped" by 06/01 - St.Athan VC-10 scrap compound 08/02 - scrapped soon after

WK281 Supermarine Swift FR.5 Royal Air Force

23 MU 05/11/56 - 79 Sqn 10/04/59 "S" - 60 MU 20/01/61 - allocated 7712M 31/01/61 - 14 (Northolt) Sqn ATC, Northolt 07/03/61 - RAFMRC Colerne 06/03/67 - RAF Abingdon 68 for Royal Review - RAF Henlow - RAF Finningley 75 - Swinderby 02/77 - St.Athan Museum 79 - RAFM Hendon by 10/89 - Cardington, Beds early 95 - Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere, W Sussex mid 95 - current

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WK935 Gloster Meteor F.8 Mod Royal Air Force

Built as F.8 52 - Armstrong Whitworth 12/09/52 converted to prone pilot research aircraft, completed 10/02/53 and flown by AWA - Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough 01/11/54 - 12 MU Kirkbride 20/04/56 - 33 MU Lyneham 15/05/59 - allocated 7869M 11/12/64 - RAFMRC Colerne 12/01/65 - St.Athan Museum 06/10/75 - RAFM Cosford early 77 - current

WL168 Gloster Meteor F.8 Royal Air Force

111 Sqn - 604 Sqn - APS Sylt - allocated 7750M 04/04/62 - 35 MU Heywood 62 - Finningley "WH456" - Swinderby 02/77 - St.Athan Museum 05/79 - Finningley c.87 for gate guard, unveiled 10/06/88 "WK864/C 616 Sqn" - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, N.Yorks 12/04/96 - current

WL505 De Havilland Vampire FB.9 Royal Air Force

c/n 22100 - 73 Sqn - RAFC - 19 Sqn - allocated 7705M 29/11/60 - 4 SoTT St.Athan by 09/61 - 30 (Cardiff) Sqn ATC, Ely Barracks - St.Athan Museum by 74 - auctioned 21/09/89 high bid £10,200 - Bridgend, South Glam. - Vintage Aircraft Team, Cranfield, Beds by 11/91 - registered G-FBIX 24/07/91 - Gwyn Jones, Bruntingthorpe, Leics by 01/95 - De Havilland Aviation, Bridgend, Mid Glam 07/02/96 - registration cancelled by CAA 17/05/05 - DHA, Bournemouth, Dorset by 10/05 - DS Aviation, Bournemouth by 09/09 - current

WN907 Hawker Hunter F.2 Royal Air Force

5 MU 08/09/54 - RAF Wattisham 31/01/55 - 257 Sqn "H" - 5 MU Kemble 09/04/57 - allocated 7416M 03/05/57 - 12 SoTT Melksham 01/08/57 - RAF Colerne Collection c.07/64 "H 257 Sqn" - St.Athan Museum 20/10/75 - Staravia scrapyard, Ascot, Berks 16/03/76, thought scrapped early 80's

WS843 Gloster Meteor NF(T).14 Royal Air Force

f/f 27/04/54 - 8 MU Little Rissington 12/05/54 - 20 MU Aston Down 12/03/57 - 33 MU Lyneham 01/01/60 - 228 OCU Leeming 04/05/60 - A&AEE Boscombe Down 01/12/60 - various MU's 28/03/61 to 02/63 - 1 ANS Stradishall 12/02/63 - 5 MU Kemble 06/01/66 - allocated 7937M 17/01/67 - St.Athan 13/03/67 - Henlow - St.Athan Museum by 08/74 "64 Sqn Y" - RAFM Hendon 08/04/90 - RAFM Cosford 09/94 store, refurbished 03/04 in 264 Sqn marks - current

WV499 Hunting Provost T.1 Royal Air Force

c/n PAC/F/062 - 6 FTS - allocated 7698M 07/09/60 - 8 SoTT Weeton 60 - 4 SoTT Halton - St.Athan Museum by 74 "P3" - restored as "P-G" - auctioned 21/09/89 high bid £16,000 - loan to 39 Restoration Group, North Weald, Essex by mid 91 "G" - Imperial Aviation Group, Sandtoft, Lincs by 10/97 - registered G-BZRF 15/05/01 - Armthorpe, S.Yorks 10/04 - Parkhouse Aviation, Wycombe Air Park, Bucks by 01/05 - registration cancelled by CAA 22/02/05 - Exeter, Devon by 02/06 - Weston Zoyland, Somerset by 12/07 - believed current

WZ662 Auster AOP.9 Royal Air Force

prototype AOP.9 c/n AUS/10/1 - ff 19/03/54 dd 26/06/54 - Auster - A&AEE Boscombe Down 54 - Auster 08/12/54 - Handling Sqn Boscombe Down 29/12/54 - Auster 01/03/55 - 19 MU St Athan 06/04/56 - allocated to Far East Air Force 15/04/58 and shipped Birkenhead to Singapore on SS Ajax 20/05/58 - received at Maintenance Base Seletar 18/10/58 - to 656 Sqn AAC 09/08/58 - 389 MU store 02/12/61 - returned to UK - 19 MU St Athan 24/04/62 - Middle Wallop 15/02/65 - 2 Wg Netheravon 26/07/65 - 19 MU St Athan 30/07/65 - declared non-effective airframe 08/11/68 - to Mr "Dizzy" Addicott, West Clandon, Surrey 15/10/60 - to Toogoods Caravans, Bedminster Down, Bristol and displayed on forecourt - obtained by SWHAPS and housed at the St.Athan Museum by 74 - to WAM 02/76 - to Swansea for restoration by mid 81 - registered G-BKVK 08/08/83 - to Shobdon 12/83 for further restoration and first flown 26 or 27/05/84 - current as G-BKVK

XA312 "VM791" Slingsby Cadet TX.3 Royal Air Force

c/n 854 - GIS Detling 23/03/53 - Home Command GC 01/09/55 - Slingsby 09/10/57 - 12 MU 05/02/58 - 2 GC Newton 08/07/58 - Slingsby 05/06/63 - 634 GS St.Athan 24/10/63 - 636 GS Fairwood Common 11/11/64 - flying accident and Cat.5(c) 13/04/68 - rebuilt as exhibition airframe "VM791" - St.Athan Museum by 09/70 - RAF White Waltham by 02/77 - RAF Coltishall by 09/82 - 135/450 Sqn ATC Kenley c.85 used as travelling exhibit - RAF Manston History Museum by 04/99 - allocated 8876M - current

XD674 Hunting Jet Provost T.1 Royal Air Force

Built 54 as c/n PAC/84/001, f/f 26/06/54, the first basic jet trainer to fly - Huntings - allocated 7570M 10/04/58 - 71 MU Bicester 23/04/58 - RAF Gaydon by 68 - RAF Finningley mid 60's - RAF Swinderby 02/77 - St.Athan Museum 05/79 - RAFM Cosford 11/85 - current

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XM602 Avro Vulcan B.2A Royal Air Force

12 Sqn - Cottesmore Wing - Waddington Wing - 230 OCU - 35 Sqn - Waddington Wing - 101 Sqn - St.Athan MU - stored Picketston - St.Athan Museum by 04/84 - 8771M - auctioned 21/09/89 high bid £33,000 - bought by London property dealer Robert Lance Hughes - broken-up by 10/92 - nose section for tender 10/93 - 603 Club, Woodford, Gtr Manchester 11/93 - attended the "100 Years of Flight Experience" at Fairford RIAT 07/03 - VTTS, Bruntingthorpe, Leics 11/10/05, crew trainer for XH558 - Museum of Science and Industry, Swinton, Greater Manchester arrived 03/09 -  Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford arrived 20/04/13 - current

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XN341 Saunders Roe Skeeter AOP.12 Army Air Corps

c/n S2/7147 - 15 MU 05/02/60 - 651 Sqn Middle Wallop 28/09/60 - 652 Sqn Detmold 02/08/63 - 3 RTR Fallingbostel by 07/65 - allocated 8022M 03/07/68 - 4 SoTT St.Athan 31/07/68 - St.Athan Museum 12/71 - auctioned 21/09/89 high bid £11,000 - Mr Coates, Welwyn Garden City 21/09/89, collected by Helitech (Luton) Ltd late 89 - Helitech, Luton AP, Beds by 08/91 - Stondon Transport Museum and Garden Centre, Lower Stondon, Beds by 03/98 - sold and stored in the Dronton area, Germany

XR243 Auster AOP.9 Royal Air Force

c/n B5/10/180 - awaiting collection 05/01/62 - Advanced Fixed Wing Flt, Middle Wallop 26/01/62 - 19 MU 10/01/67 - declared non-effective airframe 08/11/68 - 2419 Sqn ATC Quedgley, Gloucs 16/10/69 - allocated 8057M 16/10/69 - St.Athan Museum 26/01/74 - auctioned 21/09/89 high bid £6,500 - not reported since

XR486 Westland Whirlwind HCC.12 Royal Air Force

c/n WA/418 - Queens Flt Benson 06/05/64 - 15 MU Wroughton 24/07/69 - 32 Sqn Northolt 02/01/70 - St.Athan Museum 09/12/81 - allocated 8727M - tendered for sale 89 and to Tattershall Thorpe, Lincs mid 89 - registered G-RWWW 21/06/90 - restored to fly by 91 - Redhill - The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare 08/06/00 - current

XS650 Slingsby T.45 Swallow TX.1 Royal Air Force

c/n 1386 - 1 GC Swanton Morley 12/06/63 - renamed CGS 31/12/71 - GSS St.Athan 23/10/79 - 621 GS 09/01/80 - ACCGS 16/12/82 - St.Athan Museum 03/02/84 - allocated 8801M - auctioned 21/09/89 high bid £2,200 - to HBX/BGA.3823 and restored to fly

Z7197 Percival Proctor III Royal Air Force

c/n K.386 - 2 SS - 1 RS - 18 EFTS - AST - G-AKZN registered 24/05/48 CofA expired 29/11/63 - RAF Finningley - allocated 8380M 05/09/73 - RAF Swinderby 02/77 - St.Athan Museum 05/79 - RAFM Hendon by 10/89 - RAFM Reserve Coll., Stafford, Staffs 07/03/02 - current