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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Page 27 - R.AF St Athan 1960 +1961 Airshow

Sadly no report has been researched for the 1960 Airshow at St Athan so any help in providing any details would be appreciated by the Blog editors.

The only visitors were two resident from Rhoose Airport which flew in and out of the airfield twice each way during the day.
G-AGVN and G-APJV both departed to R.A.F St Athan Battle Of Britain Open Day on 17/9

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With due credit to a member of Air Britain the following were recorded at the 1961 Battle of Britain Airshow.

Static and Flying Aircraft

Serial Type Unit Location Other Information
0-16645T-33A-Flying/Static
WJ825Canberra PR.7No.19MU/St AthanFlying/Static
XL587Hunter T.7No.229OCU/R.A.F ChivenorFlying/StaticCoded "91"
XM425Jet Provost T.3CFS/R.A.F Little RissingtonFlying/StaticCoded "R-L"
WA721Meteor T.7[No.19MU/St Athan]Flying/Static
XL820Sycamore HR.14CFS/-Flying/StaticCode "L"
XP293 Twin Pioneer CC.2 -Flying/Static
WF422Varsity T.1 - Flying/Static Code "M"
7701MValiant B.1 No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan Static Formerly WP201
G-ALBO BritanniaNo.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan Static Allocated 7708M

In use with the No.4SoTT hangar were:

Serial Type Unit Location Other Information
N1671DefiantNo.19MU/St AthanHangaron refurbishment

Ju-87G StukaNo.19MU/St AthanHangarCoded RJ+JK

Recorded as airframes in use with the School of technical Training were :

Type Serial's
Hunter VersionsWN957/7407MWW644/7521M
Javelin VersionsXA627/7661MXA755/7725MXA544/7558M
Swift F.3(WK259)/7331M
Canberra B.2WH668/7590M
Vampire FB.9WL505/7705M - transferred to Museum aircraft during day

Below are copies of the official flying/static programme (thanks to John Adams) ..click on thumbnail to get the full size image




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