RAF Maintenance Serials 7900M - 7999M.

RAF Maintenance Serials 7900M - 7999M.

7900M:

Bristol Sycamore MK3 WA576 - Became G-ALSS and now on display at the Dumfries Aviation Museum.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Dumfries taken 09.09.2017. Copyright Wallace Shackleton.

7901M:

Vickers Valetta T3 WJ484 - Scrapped.

Photo of the aircraft at Biggin Hill taken 19.09.1959. Copyright Tony Hancke.

7902M:

de Haviland Vampire T11 WZ550 - Preserved in the Malta Aviation Museum, Ta' Qali, Malta.

Photo of the aircraft when on display at Wycombe aero Park Booker Airfield taken June 1984. Copyight Alan Allen

Photo of the aircraft on display at The Malta Aviation museum, Ta Qali taken 24.09.2019. Copyright Erwin Alexander.

7903M:

Not taken up.

7904M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF933 - Coverted to F58A and sold to the Swiss Air Force as J-4132. Struck off charge 14.02.1992 and scrapped.

Photo of the aircraft location unkown taken January 1975. Copyright Alan Allen.

7905M:

de Haviland Comet C2 XK715 - Scrapped at RAF Cosford.

Photo of the aircraft date and location unknown. Copyright Ray Barber.

Photo of the aircraft in Sri Lanka date unkown. Copyright John Cooper.

7906M:

Gloster Meteor T7 WH132 - Preserved at Hooton Park.

Photo of the aircraft in Clemsford taken April 1982. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at Leaconfield taken 29.05.2016. Copyright Richard A Flagg.

7907M:

de Haviland Vampire T11 XE944 - Written off 24.03.1961.

7908M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF973 - Converted to F58A and sold to the Swiss Air Force as J-4143. Struck off charge 17.03.1992 and scrapped.

7909M:

Not taken up.

7910M:
Not taken up.

7911M:

Vickers Valetta C2 VX578 - Scrapped.

7912M:

English Electric Canberra B2 WK131 - Perished on the fire dump at RAF Halton.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken May 1971. Copyright Ian Howat.

7913M:

English Electric Canberra B2 WK132 - Scrapped.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton tane July 1972. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton, date unknown. Copyright Peter Foster.

7914M:

English Electric Canberra B2 WK134 - Perished at Catterick.

7915M:

Bristol Sycamore HR14 XJ915 - Fate unknown.

7916M:
Bristol Sycamore HR14 XL826 - Fate unknown.

7917M:

Gloster Meteor T7 WA591 - Became G-BWMF but sold to the USA in 2018 as N313Q.

Photo of the aircraft flying as G-BWMF taken at Culdrose taken 24.07.2013. Copyright Chris England.

7918M:

de Haviland Vampire T11 XD444 - Perished on the fire dump at RAF Leauchars.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Odiham taken 10.09.1964. Copyight Robin A. Walker.

7919M:

Vickers Valetta T3 WJ476 - Cockpit section on display at Aeroventure Doncaster.

Photo of the aircraft at Aeroventure Doncaster. Photo taken in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7920M:

Gloster Meteor T7 WL360 - Nose section on display at Malta.

Photo of the aircraft while stored at Wycombe Air Park, Booker. Photo taken 15.06.2018. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7921M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XJ757 - Scrapped at RAF Ternhill.

7922M:

Percival Provost T1 WV494 - On display in Muscat, Oman.

Photo of the aircraft location and date unknown. Copyright Ray Barber.

7923M:

Augusta Bell AH-1 XT133 - On display at Ta' Qalia Museum, Malta.

7924M:

de Haviland Chipmunk T10 WB555 - Under restoration to fly at Turweston Aerodrome.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Newton taken in aprox 1964 . Copyright Dave Welch.

7925M:

Percival Provost T1 WV666 - Airworthy as ZK-JOT and based at Auckland, New Zealand.

Photo of the aircraft at Auckland North Shore airfield taken 29.09.2012. Copyright Errol Cavit.

7926M:

de Haviland Comet C2 XK670 - Scrapped at RAF Lyneham in 1968.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Lyneham taken 08.04.1962. Copyright Robin A. Walker.

7927M:

de Haviland Comet C2 XK671 - Scrapped at RAF Topcliffe in 1979.

Photo of the aircraft at Prestwick airport taken 30.03.1958. Copyright Jim Cain.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Wyton taken 14.09.1963. Copyright Ken Elliott.

7928M:

de Haviland Vampire T11 XE849 - Cockpit section stored in the Corby, Northamptonshire area.

Photo of the aircraft at 936 ATC Squadron, Ware, Hertfordshire. Taken 1988. Copyright John Davidson.

Photo of the aircraft in the Malmesbury area taken April 1990. Copyright Alan Alan.

7929M:

Gloster Javelin FAW9 XH768 - Preserved in Cerasalo, Italy.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Southend Airport taken 18.04.1976. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display in Italy taken August 2002. Copyright Alan Allen.

7930M:

Gloster Meteor F8 WH301 - On display at the RAF Museum Hendon.

Photo of the aircraft on display at RAF Museum Hendon taken 17.02.2019. Copyright Erwin Alexander.

7931M:

Bristol Beaufighter TF MKX RD253 - On display at the RAF Museum Hendon.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the RAF Museum Hendon taken 22.03.2015. Copyright Peter Clarke.

7932M:

Avro 707c WZ744 - On display at the RAF Museum Cosford.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Finningley taken 20.09.1969. Copyright Robin A. Walker.

Photo of the aircraft at the RAF Museum Cosford in 1986. Copyright London Eye - Fighter Control.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the RAF Museum Cosford taken 11.09.2008. Copyright Alan Wilson.

7933M:

BAC TSR2 XR220 - On display at the RAF Museum Cosford.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the RAF Museum Cosford in July 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7934M:

de Haviland Vampire T11 XE932 - Perished at RAF Wymeswold as a fire trainer.

7935M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF969 - Converted to FR71B and sold to the Singapore Air Force as 529. Now stored in Canada.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Valley taken September 1961. Copyright Kenneth Richards.

7936M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF970 - Converted to T75A and sold to the Singapore Air Force as 528. Now undergoing repairs in Australia after a wheels up landing 01.11.2005 as VH-RHO.

7937M:

Gloster Meteor NF14 WS843 - On display at the RAF Museum Cosford.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF St Athan taken 16.09.1972. Copyright Robin A. Walker.

Photo of the aircraft on display at RAF St Athan taken September 1989. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at the RAF Museum Cosford taken in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7938M:

English Electric Canberra T19 - Nose section on display at the Yorkshire Air Museum.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Marham taken in 1976. Copyright Caz Caswell.

Photo of the cockpit on display at the Yorkshire Air Museum taken in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7939M:

de Haviland Vampire T11 XD596 - On display at Solent Sky Museum.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Oakington taken 07.07.1960. Copyright Robin A. Walker.

Photo of the aircraft at Calmore taken July 1980. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the Solent Sky Museum taken June 1990. Copyright Alan Allen.

7940M:

Saro Skeeter AOP12 XL764 - On display at Newark Air Museum.

Photo of the helicopter at Newark Air Museum taken 20.05.2011. Copyright Richard Flagg.

7941M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF369 - Converted to FR71 and sold to the Singapore Air Force where it became 538. Sold to the USA in 2020 having been stored in Australia prior.

7942M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF360 - Converted to FGA74 and sold to the Singapore Air Force where it became 542. Fate unknown.

7943M:

Hawker Hunter F4 WW589 - Converted to F58A and sold to the Swiss Air Force where it became J-4130. Written off 20.10.1989.

7944M:

Hawker Hunter F4 WV393 - Coverted to F58A and sold to the Swiss Air Force where it became J-4151. Written off 11.05.1979.

7945M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF975 - Coverted to FGA80 and sold to the Kenyan Air Force. Written off 27.07.1982.

7946M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF982 - Coverted to FGA71 and sold to Chile as J-738. Fate unknown.

7947M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF951 - Coverted to T68A and sold to the Swiss Air Force as J-4202. Sold into private ownership and now registered as ZU-HUN and airworthy with Thunder City.

Photo of the aircraft at Cape Town, South Africa taken 27.10.2000 Copyright Simon Brooke.

7948M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF972 - Coverted to FGA80 and sold to Zimbabwe Air Force as 1801. Fate unknown.

7949M:

Percival Provost T1 XF874 - Sold to the Malaysian Air Force and fate unknown.

7950M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF988 - Coverted to F58A and sold to the Swiss Air Force as J-4140. Struck off charge 30.03.1992 and scrapped.

7951M:

de Haviland Vampire T11 XD538 - On display at the Hickory Aviation Musuem, North Carolina.

Photo of the aircraft at Marana / Pinal air Park, USA taken 12.10.9184. Copyright Mike Poney.

7952M:

Percival Provost T1 WV471 - Illiegally exported to Rhodesia and fate unknown.

7953M:
Percival Provost T1 WV677 - Airworthy in New Zealand as ZK-JOT.

7954M:
Percival Provost T1 XF608 - Scrapped.

7955M:

Gloster Javelin FAW9 XH767 - On display at the Yorkshire Air Museum.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the Yorkshire Air Museum. Copyright Richard Flagg.

7956M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XF950 - Coverted to T75A and sold to Singapore Air Force as 536. Previously registered as VH-XHH and now stored in Quebec, Canada.

Photo of the aircraft as VH-XHH taken at Rockhampton airfield, Australia taken 14.04.2012. Copyright Mark - Flickr.

7957M:

Percival Provost T1 XF545 - Stored in Berkshire.

Photo of the aircraft at Thathcam taken July 2010. Copyright Alan Allen.

7958M:

de Haviland Comet C2 XK716 - Scrapped at RAF Halton in 1973.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken July 1972. Copyright Alan Allen.

7959M:

Gloster Meteor NF14 WS774 - On display at Ta'Qali Museum, Malta.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Ely Hospital taken July 1976. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at Ta'Qali Museum, Malta taken 24.09.2015. Copyright Erwin Alexander.

7960M:

Gloster Meteor NF14 WS726 - On display with 1855 ATC Squadron ATC in Royton, Manchester.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Stradishall taken in 1964. Copyright Kevin Patience.

Photos of the aircraft on display at Royton, Manchester taken 07.02.2019. Copyright Erwin Alexander.

7961M:
Gloster Meteor NF14 WS739 - On display at Newark Air Museum.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Newark taken in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7962M:
Gloster Meteor NF14 WS744 - Scrapped at RAF Leeming.

7963M:

Not taken up.

7964M:
Gloster Meteor NF14 WS760 - Stored at East Midlands Aeropark.

Photo of the aircraft in Bushey taken December 1983. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at Duxford taken July 1983. Copyright Steve Ryle.

Photo of parts of the aircraft at East Midland Aeropark taken 13.09.2018. Copyright Pete Webber.

7965M:
Gloster Meteor NF14 WS792 - Aircraft on display at Kirkcudbright - Brighthouse Bay Holiday park, Scotland.

Photo of the aicraft at RAF Carlisle taken September 1986. Copyright Alan Allen.

Two photos of the aircraft at Brighthouse Bay Holiday park taken 18.07.2012. Copyright Forrest Anderson.

7966M:
Gloster Meteor NF14  WS797 - Perished on the fire dump at RAF Binbrook.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Kemble taken 07.07.1967. Copyright R A. Scholefield.

7967M:
Gloster Meteor NF14 WS788 - Under restoration at the Yorkshire Air Museum.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Leeming taken 23.03.1984. Copyright Derek Heley.

Photo of the aircraft at the Yorkshire Air Museum taken 09.02.2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7968M:
Gloster Meteor NF14 WS802 - Scrapped.

7969M:
Gloster Meteor NF14 WS840 - Rear fuesalage dumped at Langford Lodge, Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Photo of the aircraft at Duxford taken 14.09.1957. Copyright John Strangward collection.

Photo of the aircraft on the dump at Aldergrove taken in January 1979. Copyright Watson - Fighter Control.

7970M:

de Haviland Chipmunk T10 WP907 - Believed to have been scrapped at RAF Abingdon.

7971M:

de Haviland Comet C2 XK699 - Front fueslage on display at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum Airfield.

Photo of the aircraft at London Gatwick airport taken 30.07.1961. Copyright Robin A. Walker.

Photo of the aircraft on gate guard duty at RAF Lyneham taken 28.05.1987. Copyright Paul Gulliver.

Photo of the cockpit section on display at Old Sarum taken 16.08.2021. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7972M:

Gloster Javelin FAW9 XH764 - Scrapped at Manston in 1990.

Photo of the aircraft at Manston taken 10.04.1982. Copyright Fergal Goodman.

7973M:

Gloster Meteor NF14 WS807 - On display at the Jet Age Museum, Gloucteser Staverton Airport.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Watton in 1967. Copyright Dave Welch.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the Jet Age Museum, Glouchester Staverton airport taken in 2017. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7974M:

Avro Vulcan B1 XH479 - Broken up at RAF Halton 23.07.1973.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken July 1972. Copyright Alan Allen.

7975M:

Gloster Javelin FAW9 XH849 - Perished at RAF West Raynham fire section.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Abingdon taken 15.06.1968. Copyright Chris England.

7976M:

Auster AOP9 XK418 - Stored in Swafham, Norfolk.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Thruxton taken 30.04.1976. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft having been removed from Lasham and stored at Eggesford Trenchard Farm airfield taken 07.11.2009. Copyright Martin Pengelly.

7977M:

Auster AOP9 XN443 - Perished on the dump at Middle Wallop circa 1974.

Photo of the aircraft. Copyright Chris England.

7978M:

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC1 XM961 - Became G-BBVF and now on display at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken July 1972. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at East Fortune taken 13.09.2017. Copyright Alan Wilson.

7979M:

Saro Skeeter AOP12 XM529 - Scrapped.

7980M:

Saro Skeeter AOP12 XM561 - On display at Aeroventure, Doncaster.

Photo of the helicopter at Carlisle aiport taken 18,04.1961. Copyright Mike Hines.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Aeroventure Doncaster taken during 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7981M:
Saro Skeeter AOP12 XL769 - Fate unknown.

7982M:

Gloster Javelin FAW9 XH892 - On display at Flixton Aviation Museum.

Photo of the aircraft at Duxford taken 04.07.1976. Copyright Caz Caswell.

Photo of the aircraft at Flixton. Copyight Richard Flagg.

7983M:

de Haviland Vampire T11 XD506 - Under restoration in Kesgrave, Suffolk.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Chivenor 05.08.1972. Copyright Robin A. Walker.

Photo of the aircraft at the Jet Age Museum, Gloucester Staverton airport taken 29.04.2000. Copyright Nick Weight.

Photo of the fueslage stored with the Jet Age Museum, Gloucester Staverton airport. Taken 30.09.2017. Copyright Oliver Holmes

7984M:

Hunting Jet Provost T3 XN597 - Cockpit section privatly owned in the Market Drayton area.

Photo of the cockpit section while on display at Millom Aviation Museum taken 05.10.2008. Copyight Peter Clark.

7985M:

Handley Page Hastings C2 WD490 - Scrapped at RAF Bicester in 1973.

Photo of the aircraft at Manchester Ringway airport taken 09.08.1952. Copyight R A Scholefield.

7986M:

Fairy Delta FD2 WG777 - On display at the RAF Museum Cosford.

Photo of the aircraft at RAE Thurleigh taken 27.06.1957 during an open day. Copyright Peter Berry / AB Pic.

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 during 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

7987M:

Handley Page Hastings C1 TG605 - Fate unknown.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Mildenhall taken 21.05.1966. Copyright Robin A. Walker.

7988M:

Blackburn Beverley C1 XL149 - Cockpit section on display at Aeroventure Doncaster.

Photo of the cockpit section at Newark Air Museum taken 11.07.1995. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the cockpit section on display at Aeroventure Doncaster taken in 2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes

7989M:

de Haviland Chipmunk T10 WG475 - Airworthy as G-BFDC and based in Northern Ireland.

Photo of the aircraft as G-BFDC at Newtonards airfield taken 21.05.2015. Copyright Jon Wickenden.

7990M:

Not taken up.

7991M:

Vickers Varsity T1 WL369 - Scrapped.

7992M:

Folland Gnat T1 XM704 - Front fuesalage was used as an instructional airframe at RAF Cranwell later scrapped.

Photo of the aircraft after its accident 28.09.1966 at RAF Kemble. Copyright not known.

7993M:

Avro Vulcan B1A XH498 - Scrapped 09.02.1970.

Photo of the aircraft at Plymouth taken 22.07.1967. Copyright Chris England.

7994M:
Avro Vulcan B1A XH500 - Perished on the fire dump at RAF Scampton.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Abingdon taken 18.09.1965. Copyright Michael Thorne.

7995M:
Avro Vulcan B1A XA910 - Scrapped at RAF Cottesmore.

7996M:
Avro Vulcan B1A XH475 - Sold for scrap 02.04.1976.

7997M:

Bristol Belvedere HC1 XG452 - On display at The International Helicopter Musuem, Weston Super Mare.

Photo of the aircraft at Weston Super Mare taken 10.08.1991. Copyright Derek Heley.

Photo of the helicopter under restoration at Weston Super Mare taken 28.09.2019. Copyright Grahame Bann.

7998M:

de Haviland Vampire T11 XD515 - Stored at RAF Cosford for the RAF museum.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Linton On Ouse taken 12.09.1963. Copyright Robin A. Walker.

Photo of the aircraft at Newark Air Museum taken in 1987. Copyright Don Hewins.

Photo of the aircraft stored at the RAF Museum Cosford taken 25.11.2008. Copyright Rob68 Flickr.

7999M:

Not taken up.