Page 29 - St Athan Airshow 14/09/1963 [and hopefully 1964]

R.A.F St Athan Airshow held 14/9/1963

There were two reports for this airshow. The first indicates a member of Air Britain who logged the following aircraft. The Flying Static comment indicates that it may have been located in one or the other or possibly both as it could have displayed from St Athan. 

Static Aircraft

Serial	Type	Unit	Location	Other Information
43-48913	C-47B	-	Flying/Static
52-9694	T-33A	-	Flying/Static
XP249	Auster AOP.9	No.19MU/St Athan	Static
6232	Be.2C Replica	-	Static
XM708	Gnat T.1	(No.4FTS/Valley?)	Static	Coded "94"
TG518	Hastings C.1	-	Static	Coded "518"
WV398	Hunter	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	allocated 7767M
XH900	Javelin	No.4SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	allocated 7811M
XA657	Javelin FAW.1	No.19MU/St Athan	Static	5 Sqdn/R.A.F Laarbruch - coded "L"
XA708	Javelin FAW.1	No.19MU/St Athan	Static	151 Sqdn/R.A.F Watton - coded "U"
XA717	Javelin FAW.1	(Possibly on No.19MU/St Athan strength for servicing)	Flying/Static	11 Sqdn/R.A.F Geilenkirchen - coded "N"
XP575	Jet Provost T.4		Static	Coded "50"
494083	Junkers JU-87G "Stuka"	No.19MU/St Athan	Static	Coded "RI-JK"
WK941	Meteor F.8	-	Static/Flying
WA577	Sycamore Mk.3	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	allocated 7718M
7707M	Valiant B.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	Formerly WP201
7753M	Valiant B.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	Formerly WP204
XE872	Vampire T.11	(No.19MU/St Athan)	Static
WF423	Varsity T.1	-	Static/Flying	Coded "P"
XA912	Vulcan B.1	-	Static
XP350	Whirlwind HAR.10	22 Sqdn/St Mawgan HQ but likely to have been Chivenor based	Static/Flying

In use with the No.4SoTT hangar were:

Serial	Type	Unit	Location	Other Information
N1671	Defiant	No.19MU/St Athan	Hangar	on refurbishment
7489M	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Hangar	Formerly WT567
7490M	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	Formerly WT568
7521M	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	Formerly WW644
7771M	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	Formerly XF309
7772M	Hunter F.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	Formerly XF370
7689M	P Provost T.1	No.4 SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	Formerly WW421
7693M	P Provost T.1	No.4SoTT/R.A.F St Athan	Static	Formerly WV483

Recorded as flying only were:

There appears to be a number of aircraft which could have been joint static/flyers or day visitors and I have marked these which I would imagine to be both with an asterix.

Serial	Type	Unit	Location	Other Information
47-0170	KB-50J	-	Flying	-
[50573]	RB-66D Destroyer	-	Flying	Incorrect serial  - need confirmation
54-1466	RF-101G Voodoo	-	Flying	-
-	F-100	-	Flying	-
TX177*	Anson C.19	RAF Maintenance Command	Flying
VP520*	Anson	-	Flying
XR109	Argosy C.1	-	Flying
XP827*	Beaver AL.1		Flying
XM518	Britannia C.1	99/511 Sqdn/Brize Norton	Flying
WH869	Canberra B.2	-	Static/Flying
WJ681	Canberra B.2	-	Static/Flying	[98 Sqdn markings]
WJ820	Canberra B.2	-	Static/Flying
WB569*	Chipmunk T.10	[Possibly Wales UAS Aircraft]	Static/Flying
WB733*	Chipmunk T.1o	[Possibly Wales UAS Aircraft]	Static/Flying
WK145	Canberra B.2	-	Static/Flying
WK162	Canberra B.2	-	Static/Flying
XR399	Comet C.1	-	Flying	-
VP976*	Devon C.2	-	Static/Flying	-
XG326*	Lightning F.1	-	Static/Flying
XF441	Hunter F.6	-	Flying
XG157	Hunter F.6	-	Flying
XG170	Hunter F.6	-	Flying
XF447	Hunter F.6	-	Flying	-
XG235	Hunter F.6	-	Flying	-
PZ865	Hurricane IIB	R.A.F Historic Flight/Coltishall	Static/Flying
XH392	Javelin T.3	-	Flying
XH967	Javelin FAW.8	41 Sqdn/Wattisham	Flying	Coded "L"
XH968	Javelin FAW.8	41 Sqdn/Wattisham	Flying	Coded "P"
XH969	Javelin FAW.8	41 Sqdn/Wattisham	Flying	Coded "J"
XH978	Javelin FAW.8	41 Sqdn/Wattisham	Flying	Coded"E"
XD224	Scimitar F.1	736 Sqdn/Lossiemouth	Flying	Coded "LM/614"
XP616	Jet Provost T.4	-	Flying	Coded "37"
XP626	Jet Provost T.4	-	Flying	Coded "39"
XP633	Jet Provost T.4	-	Flying	Coded "41"
XR699	Jet Provost T.4	-	Flying	Coded "34"
XJ482	Sea Vixen FAW.1	766 Sqdn/Yeovilton - part of "Freds Five" Display Team/RN Yeovilton	Flying	Coded "VL/713"
XJ523	Sea Vixen FAW.1	766 Sqdn/Yeovilton - part of "Freds Five" Display Team/RN Yeovilton	Static/Flying	Coded "VL/710"
XJ575	Sea Vixen FAW.1	766 Sqdn/Yeovilton - part of "Freds Five" Display Team/RN Yeovilton	Flying	Coded "VL/720"
XN686	Sea Vixen FAW.1	766 Sqdn/Yeovilton - part of "Freds Five" Display Team/RN Yeovilton	Flying	Coded "VL/722"
WL796	Shackleton MR.2C	204 Sqdn/R.A.F Ballykenny	Flying	Coded "M"
WR988	Shackleton MR.3	201 Sqdn/R.A.F St Mawgan	Flying	Coded "K"
AB910	Spitfire Mk.1	Historic Flight/R.A.F Coltishall	Flying
XP294	Twin Pioneer CC.2	-	Flying	White top/grey lower
WZ391	Valiant B(PR).K1	543 Sqdn/R.A.F Wyton	Flying
XD830	Valiant B.1	90 Sqdn/R.A.F Honington	Flying
XJ772	Vampire T.11	-	Flying	Coded "69"
WJ893	Varsity T.1	-	Flying
XM715	Victor B.1	-	Flying
XH502	Vulcan B.1	-	Flying

Following the show a second enthusiast managed to observe and provide a list of more airframes which were on site that day.

No 4 Sott Training airframes

Type	Serial's
Britannia	7708M/G-ALBO
Valiant B.1	WP201/7707M	WP204/7753M
Hunter Versions	WT569/7491M	WW632/A/7516M	WV398/RS-28/7767M	XF309/7771M
	XF370/7772M	WT568/7490M	WT560/7488M	WT746/7770M
	WW644/7521M	WT567/7489M	WW636/7514M	WT696/7515M
	WW637/7518M	WN908/7522M	WW641/7520M	WW638/7519M
	WW634/7517M	WV404/7768M
Javelin Versions	XA627/7661M	XA618/7725M	XH900/D/7811M	XA544/7558M
Sycamore Mk.3	WA577/7518M
Canberra Versions	WH695/7657M	WH701/7659M	WV483/7693M	WW450/P-A/7688M
	WV444/12/7692M	WV428/7690M
Provost T.1	WV438/RO-Q/7691M	WW421/7689M
Meteor FR.9	VW364/7383M	VZ568/7261M
Meteor F.8	WA765/B/7264M

R.A.F St Athan Museum Collection

Type	Serial's
Sopwith Scout D replica	A1742M
Defiant	N1671
Sopwith Camel Replica	F1921
BE-2 Replica	6232
Bleriot Monoplane	No.22

On MU Strength on the day were -

Serial	Type	Unit	Location	Other Information
VX185	Canberra	-	Hangar	Allocated 7631M
WJ825	Canberra	-	Hangar
WJ992	Canberra	-	Hangar	-
XH690	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[5 Sqdn/- markings]
XH691	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar
XA695	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar
XA647	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar
XA713	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code W/151  Sqdn markings]
XA654	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar
XA705	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code N/5 Sqdn markings]
XA660	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code A/11  Sqdn markings]
XA707	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code B/5 Sqdn markings]
WG364	Chipmunk T.10	-	Hangar	[Possibly Wales UAS Aircraft]
WT514	Canberra PR.7	-	Hangar	[80 Sqdn markings]
XA697	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code O/5 Sqdn markings]
XA716	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code H/11 Sqdn markings]
XA664	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[5 Sqdn markings]
XA714	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code D/11  Sqdn markings]
XA665	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar
XA665	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code F/151 Sqdn markings]
XA651	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code D/151 Sqdn markings]
XA170	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code 7/151 Sqdn markings]
XA693	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	-
XA718	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code R/5 Sqdn markings]-
XA712	Javelin FAW.5	-	Hangar	[Code H/151 Sqdn markings]
XE872	Vampire T.11	-	Hangar	[Code 62]
WZ565	Vampire T.11	-	Hangar	Coded "38"
XE894	Vampire T.11	-	Hangar	-
XD438	Vampire T.11	-	Hangar	Coded "51"
XD428	Vampire T.11	-	Hangar
XH311	Vampire T.11	-	Hangar	Coded "71"
WP212	Valiant B.1	-	Hangar
WP213	Valiant B.1	-	Hangar
WP215	Valiant B.1	-	Hangar
WP216	Valiant B.1	-	Hangar
WP220	Valiant B.1		Hangar
WZ361	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage
WZ362	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage
WZ364	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage
WZ365	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage
WZ368	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage
WZ371	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage
WZ372	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage
WZ374	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage
WZ381	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage
WP212	Valiant B.1	-	Outside Storage

All the Valiant B.1 listed above had been declared Non-Effective and awaiting scrapping following the withdrawal of the complete fleet from R.A.F service due to corrosion issues.