Saturday, June 6, 2020

RAF Maintenance Serials 7800M - 7899M.

RAF Maintenance Serials 7800M - 7899M.
7800M:
Gloster Javelin FAW7 XH901 - Perished at Catterick fire school.
Photo of the aircraft at the Farnborough SBAC show 06.09.1958. Copyright Tony Hancke.
7801M:
Gloster Javelin FAW7 XH902 - Perished at Catterick fire school.

7802M:
English Electric Canberra B2 WD996 - Perished at RAF Little Rissington during 1963.
Photo of the aircraft, no more info known. Copyright via John Sheehan.
7803M:
Hawker Hunter F4 XF385 - Scrapped.

7804M:
Hawker Hunter F4 XF946 - On display at the Jordanian War Memorial, Amman, Jordan.
On display at North Weald 18.05.1964. Copyright Ken Elliott.
Photo of the aircraft on display at at Jordanian War Memorial taken 01.04.1996. Copyright
Ron Damstra/CRMAP.
7805M:
de Haviland Mosquito B35 TW117 - On display at the Norwegian Air Force Museum, Bodo.
Photo of the aircraft while it was on display at the RAF Museum Hendon, taken 24.06.1984. Copyright Irish251 Flickr.
Photo of the aircraft at Bodo taken 25.05.2019. Copyright Alan Wilson.
7806M:
de Haviland Mosquito B35 TA639 - On display at the RAF Museum Cosford.
Photo of the aircraft at RAf Abingdon for the RAF 50th Anniversary airshow 15.06.1968. Copyright Chris England.
 
Photo of the aircraft on display at the RAF Museum Cosford taken in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.
7807M:
Hawker Hunter F4 XE715 - Sold as scrap at RAF Kemble 09.09.1963.

7808M:
Gloster Javeli FAW7 XH790 - Perished at RAF Manston Fire school.

7809M:
Gloster Javelin FAW5 XA669 - On display at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry.
Photo of the aircraft on display at the Midland Air Museum Conventry taken 01.03.2005. Copyright Chris England.
7810M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XK991 - Scrapped at Disforth.

7811M:
Gloster Javelin FAW7 XH900 - Perished on the fire dump at RAF Honnington during 1970.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF St Athan taken in 1964. Copyright Dave Welch.
7812M:
Avro Vulcan B1 XA899 - Scrapped at RAF Cosford 30.08.1973.
Photo of the aircraft at Cosford. No date or copyright known.
7813M:
Gloster Meteor NF14 WS777 - Perished on the fire dump at RAF Leuchars.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Leuchars taken 20.09.1969. Copyright eLaReF.
7814M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 XD511 - Scrapped at Gorleston, Norfolk during 1984 after use by an ATC Squadron.
Photo of the aircraft at Gorleston taken April 1980. Copyright Alan Allen.
7815M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 XD617 - Scrapped.

7816M:
English Electric P1a WG763 - On display at the Manchester Musuem of Science and Industry.
Photo of the aircraft at RAE Thurleigh 27.06.1957. Copyright Peter Berry / Ab Pic.
Three photos of the aircraft on display in Mancester taken 06.12.2013. Copyright Stu Carr.
7817M:
Avro Anson C19 TX214 - On display at the RAF Museum Cosford.
Photo of the aircraft on display at RAF Museum Cosford taken 26.04.1980. Copyright Chris England.
Photo of the aircraft on display at the RAF Museum Cosford taken in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.
7818M:
Gloster Meteor T7 WH226 - Scrapped 17.01.1968.

7819M:
Hunting Jet Provost T4 XP661 - Scrapped possibly at Shawbury.

7820M:
Saro Skeeter AOP12 XM527 - Fate unknown.
Photo of the helicopter at Middle Wallop taken 06.07.1973. Copyright Ken Elliot.
7821M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XJ428 - Scrapped at RAF Ternhill.
Photo of the helicopter at RAF Kuala Lumpur, Malaya date unknown. Copyright Peter Dace.
7822M:
Auster AOP9 XP248 - Parts used in a composite airframe and now in Cambridgeshire.
Photo of the aircraft at Middle Wallop taken in 1962. Copyright Dave Welch.
Photo of the aircraft at Cranfield taken July 1990. Copyright Alan Allen.
7823M:
Auster AOP9 XP250 - Fate unknown.

7824M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 XE887 - Scrapped.

7825M:
Gloster Meteor F8 WK991 - On display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
Photo of the aircraft at Duxford taken August 1978. Copyright Geoorge Baczkowski.
Photo of the aircraft on display at Duxford taken 20.12.2021. Copyright Oliver Holmes
7826M:
Auster AOP9 WZ675 - Fate unknown.

7827M:
Handley Page Victor B1 XA917 - Cockpit section privatly owned in Scotland.
Photo of the cockpit section in the owners garden in Scotland taken 16.08.2014. Copyright Gav Troon.
7828M:
English Electric Canberra B2 WF908 - Perished at RAF Manston fire school.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Wroughton taken 03.06.1963. Copyight Robin A. Walker.
Second photo of the aircraft at Manston, date unknown. Copyright via John Sheehan.
7829M:
Gloster Javelin FAW8 XH992 - On display at Newark Air Museum.
Photo of the aircraft at Newark Air museum taken in 1987. Copyright Don Hewins.
Photo of the aircraft on display at Newark Air Museum in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes
7830M:
Gloster Meteor F8 WH273 - Sold as scrap 11.03.1959 at Kirkbride.

7831M:
Gloster Javelin FAW8 XH991 - Scrapped at RAF Cranwell.

7832M:
Gloster Javelin FAW8 XJ116 - Scrapped at RAF Newton 12.03.1974.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF West Malling taken in 1960. Copyright Caz Caswell.
7833M:
Gloster Javelin FAW8 XJ117 - Scrapped at RAF Newton 12.03.1974.

7834M:
Gloster Javelin FAW8 XH972 - Scrapped in 1972.

7835M:
Handley Page Hastings C1 TG610 - Damaged beyond repair 17.12.1963.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Tangmere taken 14.09.1963. Copyright Ron Roberts.
7836M:
Not taken up.

7837M:
Not taken up.

7838M:
English Electric Lightning F1A XM187 - Scrapped at RAF Conningsby in 1981 after use by the fire crew.
Photo of the aircraft location and date unknown. Copyright David Whitworth.
7839M:
Bristol Sycamore HR12 WV781 - On display at Caernarfon Air world.
Photo of the helicopter at Caernarfon taken 01.11.2014. Copyright Stu Carr.


7840M:
SARO Skeeter AOP12 XK482 - Sold and became G-BJWC but now in Australia.
Photo of the helicopter at Middle Wallop taken 30.04.1969. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
Photo of the helicopter at Ottershaw, Surrey taken March 1980. Copyright Alan Allen.
7841M:
Bristol Sycamore HR12 - On display at the RAF Museum Hendon.
Photo of the helicopter on display at Hendon taken in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.
7842M:
Gloster Javelin FAW8 XH986 - Scrapped at RAF Swanton Morley.

7843M:
English Electric Canberra PR3 WE145 - Scrapped at RAF Wyton 23.07.1981.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Wyton 05.09.1981. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
Second photo of the aircraft at RAF Wyton, date unknown. Copyright via John Sheehan.
7844M:
Handley Page Victor B1 XA924 - Scrapped at RAF Athan 19.06.1975.
Photo of the aircraft believed to be at RAF Cosford on an unknown date. Copyright Dave Welch.
7845M:
Slingsby Cadet TX3 XN195 - Fate unknown. Last noted at RAF Helmswell in the 1970s.

7846M:
Vickers Valiant B1 WP214 - Perished at Catterick fire school in 1972.

7847M:
Hawker Hunter F4 WV276 - On display at Museum fur Luftahrt und Technik, Germany.
Photo of the aircrat at Farnborough taken January 1997. Copyright Alan Allen.
Photo of the aircraft at Duxford taken 08.04.1997. Copyright Chris Young.
Photo of the aircraft on display at Werningerode, Museum fur Luftahrt und Technik, Germany taken 18.06.2014. Copyright Stu Carr.
7848M:
Hawker Hunter F4 XF312 - Upgraded to F58A and sold to the Swiss Air Force to become J-4150. Struck off charge 03.12.1991 and scrapped.

7849M:
Hawker Hunter F4 XF319 - Became G-BTCY before being sold to the USA in 1991. Current status not known.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken in 1989. Copyright London Eye - Fighter Control.
7850M:
Handley Page Victor B1 XA923 - Scrapped at RAF Cosford in 1985.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Cosford taken 26.04.1980. Copyright Chris England.
7851M:
Auster AOP9 WZ706 - Airworthy as G-BURR and based at Burley Moor.
Photo of the aircraft undergoing restoration at Eggesford Trenchard Farm airfield taken 04.10.2009. Copyright Martin Pengelly.
Photo of the aircraft at Sywell aerodrome taken 02.09.2016. Copyright Pete Webber.
7852M:
Bristol Sycamore HR14 XG506 - Stored in the South Kirkby, Yorkshire.
Photo of the helicopter at RAF Upavon taken 16.06.1962. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
7853M:
Not taken up.

7854M:
English Electric Lightning F1A XM191 - Cockpit section preserved in private hands in Yorkshire.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Bentwaters taken 11.05.1963. Copyright Ken Elliot.
Photo of the cockpit section on display at Fairford during IAT 1994. Copyright Kev Slade.
7855M:
Auster AOP9 XK416 - Registered as G-AYUA but stored at Widmerpool, Lincolnshire.
Photo of the aircraft at Jersey taken circa 1965. Copyright Mike Illien.
7856M:
Avro Vulcan B1 XA898 - Scrapped at RAF Halton in August 1971.

7857M:
Avro Vulcan B1 XA905 - Scrapped at RAF Halton in August 1971.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Finningley 14.09.1963. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Newton taken 10.05.1972. Copyright Peter Foster.
7858M:
Vickers Valetta C1 WD159 - Blown up in December 1977 at Hereford.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Colerne taken in September 1974. Copyright Alan Allen.
7859M:
Auster AOP9 XP283 - Under rebuild in the Baxterley area.
Photo of the aircraft in Lichfield taken 13.08.1995. Copyrighy a_man_called_martyn - Flickr.
7860M:
Saro Skeeter AOP12 XL738 - Stored at Aeroventure, Doncaster.
Photo of the helicopter at Fleetlands taken June 1989. Copyright Alan Allen.
Photo of the aircraft at Aeroventure, Doncaster taken October 2008. Copyright Alan Allen.
7861M:
Saro Skeeter AOP12 XM565 - Stored in Yorkshire.
Photo of the helicopter at Middle Wallop taken June 1973. Copyright Alan Allen.
7862M:
Auster AOP9 XR246 - Airworthy as G-AZBU.
Photo of the aircraft at Cranfield taken 22.06.2002. Copyright Pete Webber.
7863M:
Auster AOP9 WZ679 - Stored in the Cambridge area.

7864M:
Auster AOP9 XP244 - Stored in the Warwickshire area.

7865M:
Avro Anson C19 TX226 - Under restoration at Montrose.
Photo of the aircraft at White Waltham 17.03.1962. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
Photo of the aircraft at Colerne 04.07.1970. Copyright Chris England.
Photo of the aircraft under restoration at Montrose taken 23.02.2020. Copyright Wallace Shackleton.
7866M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 XH278 - On display at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Henlow taken June 1989. Copyright Alan Allen.
Photo of the aircraft at the Yorkshire Air Museum taken 07.02.2019. Copyright Erwin Alexander.
7867M:
Gloster Javelin FAW8 XH980 - Scrapped at RAF West Raynham in September 1994.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Stafford in aprox 1964. Copyright Dave Welch.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF West Raynham taken 09.08.1982. Copyight Chris England.
Photo of the cockpit in the scrapyard of Hanningford Metals taken August 1994. Copyright Alan Allen.
7868M:
Avro 707A WZ736 - On display at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Finningley September 1968. Copyright Steve Ryle.
Two photos of the aircraft on display at the Manchester Museum of Science and Technology taken 06.12.2013. Copyright Stu Carr.
 
7869M:
Gloster Meteor F8 Mod WK935 - On display at the RAF Museum Cosford as the prone Meteor.
Photo of the aircraft at the RAF Museum Cosford taken in 1986. Copyright London Eye - Fighter Control.
Photo of the aircraft on display at the RAF Museum Cosford taken in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.
7870M:
Saro Skeeter AOP12 XM556 - On display at Gatow Museum, Germany.
Photo of the helicopter on display at RAF Greenham Common taken 26.06.1977. Copyright Ray Barber.
Photo of the helicopter at Weston Super Mare taken May 1990. Copyright Alan Allen.
Photo of the helicopter on display at Gatow Museum, Germany taken 01.06.2010. Copyright Chris England.
7871M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 XE890 - Scrapped.

7872M:
Vickers Valiant B1 XD826 - Nose section privatly owned in Rayleigh, Essex.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Horsham St Faith 20.09.1958. Copyight George Baczkowski.
Photo of the cockpit section at Cardiff Rhoose taken October 1991. Copyright Alan Allen.
7873M:
Vickers Valiant B1 WZ382 - Scrapped at RAF Wyton in 1965.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Waddington taken 15.09.1962. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
7874M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR568 - Scrapped May 1966 at RAF Abingdon.

7875M:
Vickers Valetta C1 VW148 - Scrapped at Middle Wallop.

7876M:
Vickers Valetta C1 VX527 - Scrapped.

7877M:
English Electric Lightning F1A XM170 - Perished at RAF Swinderby in 1977.
Photo of the aircraft no location or date known but possibly RAF Swinderby. Copyright Urban Ghosts media.
7878M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 XD601 - Scrapped.

7879M:
Vickers Valetta C1 VW837 - Struck off charge 19.03.1965.

7880M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 WZ502 - Perished on the fire dump at RAF Aldergrove in January 1971.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Linton on Ouse taken 12.09.1963. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
7881M:
Avro Anson C21 WD413 - Airworthy as G-VROE.
Photo of the aircraft at Sywell Aerodrome 02.09.2017. Copyright Oliver Holmes.
7882M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 XD525 - Cockpit stored in the Templepatrick, Country Antim, Northern Ireland area.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Middleton St George taken 15.09.1962. Copyright Mike Hines.
7883M:
Sioux Frame.

7884M:
Sioux Frame.

7885M:
Avro Shackleton T4 WB832 - Scrapped at RAF Cosford.

7886M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR985 - Nose section last noted at RAF Kemble.

7887M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 XD375 - Cockpit pod privatly owned in Yorkshire.

7888M:
Vickers Valiant B1 WZ397 - Scrapped at RAF Wyton in 1965.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Horsham St Faith September 1956. Copyright George Baczkowski.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Gaydon taken 19.09.1964. Copyright Peter Clarke.
7889M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 WZ577 - Scrapped.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Linton On Ouse 13.09.1963. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Gaydon 14.09.1963. Copyight Robin A. Walker.
7890M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 XD451 - Written off 14.11.1955.

7891M:
Folland Gnat T1 XM693 - On display in Hamble.
Photo of the aircraft at Hamble taken 18.11.2019. Copyright Pete Webber.
7892M:
Gloster Javelin FAW9 XH760 - Scrapped at RAF Cranwell.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Waterbeach taken 16.09.1961. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
7893M:
de Haviland Vampire T11 WZ562 - Written off 23.04.1954.

7894M:
Vickers Valiant B1 XD818 - On display at the RAF Museum Cosford.
Photo of the aircraft on display at RAF Cosford taken during 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes
7895M:
Gloster Meteor T7 WF784 - On display at the Jet Age Museum, Gloucester Staverton Airport.
Photo of the aircraft at the Jet Age Museum taken January 2017. Copyight Richard Flagg.
7896M:
Avro Vulcan B1 XA900 - Scrapped at RAF Cosford in 1986.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Finningley taken 14.09.1963. Copyight Robin A. Walker.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Cosford taken 26.04.1980. Copyright Chris England.
7897M:
Avro Vulcan B1 XA901 - Scrapped at RAF Cranwell during 1972.

7898M:
Not taken up.

7899M:
Bristol Sycamore HR14 XG540 - Scrapped during 2000.
Photo of the helicopter at RAF North Weald taken 28.05.1972. Copyright Robin A. Walker.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Shawbury taken 13.12.1983. Copyright Steven Schofield.

2 comments:

  1. hi Oliver you asked about using an AB pic of WH312 but there are no contact details in your e mail via AB pics. I also have shots of her when we collected from RAF Leconfield. No problem with you using the picture happy to help.

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    1. My email is oliverhphotography at gmail . com. Drop me a line there and it will be much easier.

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