Page 30 - St Athan 17/09/1965 Airshow

R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 18/09/1965

A member from Air Britain logged the following aircraft.

Static Aircraft

Serial	Type	Unit	Location	Other Information
61-0678	T-39A	20thTFW/Wethersfield	Static
XB288	Beverley C.1	No.47 Sqdn/Abingdon	Static
XM706	Gnat T.1	CFS/Valley	Static	Coded "94"
FT375	Harvard T.2	A+AEE/Boscombe Down	Static
TG553	Hastings T.5	BCBS/Lindholme	Static	coded "553"
WV400	Hunter T.4	No.19MU/St Athan	Static
XP955	Sea Vixen FAW.2	899 Sqdn/Yeovilton	Static	Coded "E-135"
WR981	Shackleton MR.2	201 Sqdn/St Mawgan	Static	Coded "N"
WF374	Varsity T.1	No.2ANS/Thorney Island	Static	Coded "Z"
7844M	Victor B.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	Formerly XA924
XS531	Wasp HAS.1	-	Static	Coded "65"
XM927	Wessex HAS.3	706 Sqdn/Culdrose	Static	Coded "(CU)-575"
XL835	Whirlwind HAS.7	Station Flight/HMS Goldcrest/RNAY Brawdy	Static/Flying	Coded "BY-13"

There was a report of a Jet Provost T.3 from CFS/Little Rissington XN548/67 - any confirmation of sightiing would be appreciated.

In use with the No.4SoTT hangar were:

Serial	Type	Unit	Location	Other Information
N1671	Defiant	No.19MU/St Athan	Hangar	on refurbishment
7703M	Dragonfly HR.5	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WG725
7488M	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WT560
(7760M)	Javelin FAW.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Incorrect serial listed
7718M	Sycamore HC.14	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WA577
7489M/B	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WT567
7493M	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WT559
7490M	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WT568
7525M	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WT619
7682M	Hunter F.4	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WV378
7689M	P Provost T.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WW421
7692M	P Provost T.1	No.4SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WV444
7693M	P Provost T.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WV483
7699M	P Provost T.1	No.4SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WV541

Recorded as flying only were:

There could have been joint static/flyers.

Serial	Type	Unit	Location	Other Information
XP282	Auster AOP.9	No.19MU/St Athan	Flying
XB288	Beverley C.1	47 Sqdn/Abingdon	Flying	Coded "U"
XT281	Buccaneer S.2A	No.736 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Lossiemouth	Flying	Coded "-/-"
WH801	Canberra PR.7	No.17 Sqdn/R.A.F Wildenrath/Likely to be on MU Strength	Static/Flying
XL449	Gannet AEW.3	849 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Goldcrest/R.N.A.S Brawdy	Static/Flying	Coded "763/BY"
WT804	Hunter GA.11	738 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Brawdy	Flying	Coded "782/BY" Rough Diamonds
XE668	Hunter GA.11	738 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Brawdy	Flying	Coded "787/BY" Rough Diamonds
XE682	Hunter GA.11	738 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Brawdy	Flying	Coded "786/BY" Rough Diamonds
XE712	Hunter GA.11	738 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Brawdy	Flying	Coded "785/BY" Rough Diamonds
(XE680)	Hunter GA.11	738 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Brawdy	Flying	Also reported as XE660 and or XE689
WB947	Sedbergh TX.1	No.634G.S/R.A.F St Athan	Static/Flying
XF730	Shackleton MR.3	42 Sqdn/R.A.F St Mawgan	Flying	Coded "F"
XT138	Sioux AH.1	CFS/R.A.F Ternhill	Static/Flying	Coded "T"
XS884	Wessex HAS.1	706 Sqdn/Culrose	Static/Flying	Coded "CU/575"
WZ476	Vampire T.11	No.19/32MU/St Athan	Static/Flying
WZ512	Vampire T.11	No.7 FTS/Church Fenton	Flying	Coded "50"
XD515	Vampire T.11	No.7 FTS/Church Fenton	Flying	Coded "51"
XD614	Vampire T.11	No.7 FTS/Church Fenton	Flying	Coded "55"
XE857	Vampire T.11	No.7 FTS/Church Fenton	Flying	Coded "54"
XL162	Victor B.2	100 Sqdn/R.A.F Wittering	Flying
XA911	Vulcan B.1A	44 Sqdn/R.A.F Waddington	Flying

However the initial report does not list the following aircraft which were reported by an aviation enthusiast magazine. 

Serial	Type	Unit	Location	Other Information
XP282	Auster AOP.9	No.19MU/St Athan	Flying
XB288	Beverley C.1	47 Sqdn/Abingdon	Flying	Coded "U"
XT281	Buccaneer S.2A	No.736 Sqdn/R.N.A.S Lossiemouth	Flying	Coded "-/-"
WJ875	Canberra T.4	No.231 OCU/R.A.F Bassingbourn	Static/Flying	Coded "A"
XM490	Britannia C.2	No.99/511 Sqdn/R.A.F Lyneham	Flying	Coded "490"
WB573	Chipmunk T.10	Wales UAS/R.A.F St Athan	Static/Flying
WK630	Chipmunk T.10	Wales UAS/R.A.F St Athan	Static/Flying
WP804	Chipmunk T.10	Wales UAS/R.A.F St Athan	Static/Flying
XS710	F.4C Phantom	College of Air Warfare/Manby	Flying
XS734	F.4C Phantom	College of Air Warfare/Manby	Flying
XS736	F.4C Phantom	College of Air Warfare/Manby	Flying
64-0857	F.4C Phantom	81st TFW/Bentwaters	Flying	Coded ?
64-0874	F.4C Phantom	81st TFW/Bentwaters	Flying	Coded ?
64-0877	F.4C Phantom	81st TFW/Bentwaters	Flying	Coded ?
64-0878	F.4C Phantom	81st TFW/Bentwaters	Flying	Coded "?
(56-2977)	F.100D Sabre	48th TFW/Lakenheath	Flying	Coded ?
-	F.100D Sabre	48th TFW/Lakenheath	Flying	Coded "?
-	F.100D Sabre	48th TFW/Lakenheath	Flying	Coded ?
XF417	Hunter	-	Flying
XG160$	Hunter F.6	No.229OCU/R.A.F Chivenor	Flying	Coded "22"
XG229$	Hunter F.6	No.229OCU/R.A.F Chivenor	Flying	Coded "47"
XP662	Jet Provost T.4	No.1 FTS/R.A.F Linton On Ouse	Flying	Coded "48"
XP665	Jet Provost T.4	No.1 FTS/R.A.F Linton On Ouse	Flying	Coded "38"
XP668	Jet Provost T.4	No.1 FTS/R.A.F Linton On Ouse	Flying	Coded "50"
XR699	Jet Provost T.4	No.1 FTS/R.A.F Linton On Ouse	Flying	Coded "34"
XM178	Lightning F.1A	No.226OCU/R.A.F Coltishall	Flying	Coded "178"
XM1??	Lightning F.1A	No.226OCU/R.A.F Coltishall	Flying	Coded "1??" - potentially XM182
XM215	Lightning F.1A	No.226OCU/R.A.F Coltishall	Flying	Coded "215"
XM970	Lightning T.4	No.226OCU/R.A.F Coltishall	Flying	Coded "970"
XD515	Vampire T.11	No.7 FTS/Church Fenton	Flying	Coded "51"
XD614	Vampire T.11	No.7 FTS/Church Fenton	Flying	Coded "55"
XE857	Vampire T.11	No.7 FTS/Church Fenton	Flying	Coded "54"
XL162	Victor B.2	100 Sqdn/R.A.F Wittering	Flying
XA911	Vulcan B.1A	44 Sqdn/R.A.F Waddington	Flying

The magazines conflicted with the serial for the Chivenor Hunter display aircraft listed above. Confirmation would be helpful – or in fact were there two airframes used.??