RAF Maintenance serials 8600M - 8699M.

RAF Maintenance serials 8600M - 8699M.

8600M:

Sepecat Jaguar GR1 XX761 - Cockpit section on display at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum.

Photo of the cockpit section on display at Kemble airport taken 20.07.2019. Copyright Erwin Alexander.

8601M:

Fairey Gannet AEW3 XL450 - On display at Hermeskeil, Germany.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Leuchars taken 20.09.1969. Copyright eLaReF.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Hermeskeil, Germany taken 10.06.2019. Copyright Alan Allen.

8602M:

Folland Gnat T1 XR541 - Stored at North Weald aerodrome.

Photo of the aircraft stored at North Weald taken 22.06.2013. Copyright Stu Carr.

8603M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR951 - Sold to the USA as N81298 and based at Denver Fort Range airport, Colorado.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken 23.06.1984. Copyright Chris England.

8604M:
Folland Gnat T1 XS104 - Airworthy as G-FRCE and based at North Weald aerodrome.

Photo of the aircraft registered as G-FRCE at North Weald aerodrome taken in September 2018. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

8605M:

English Electric Canberra T19 XA536 - Scrapped at RAF Abingdon in March 1984.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF St Mawgan taken 19.05.1977. Copyright Chris England.

8606M:

Folland Gnat T1 XP530 - Sold to the USA as N530X and based at Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton in 1991. Copyright London Eye - Fighter Control.

8607M:
Folland Gnat T1 XP538 - Sold to the USA as NX19GT and based in Chino, California.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken 23.06.1984. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Chino, California taken 28.02.2016. Copyright Alan Wilson.

8608M:
Folland Gnat T1 XP540 - Privatly owned at Bruntingthorpe airfield.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton in 1987. Copyright London Eye - Fighter Control.

Photo of the aircraft stored at North Weald taken 22.06.2013. Copyright Stu Carr.

8609M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR953 - Sold to the USA as N953RH and based at Cheraw, South Carolina.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton. Copyright Caz Caswell.

8610M:

Fairey Gannet AEW2 XL502 - On display at the Yorkshire Air Museum.

Photo of the aircraft at RNAS Yeovilton taken 30.07.1988. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the Yorkshire air museum taken 26.10.2010. Copyright Chris England.

8611M:

Percival Sea Prince T1 WF128 - On display at Flixton Aviation Museum.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Lossiemouth taken in about 1977. Copyright eLaReF.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Flixton taken 25.02.2020. Copyright Richard A Flagg.

8612M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XD182 - Perished at Catterick during 1988.

Photo of the helicopter stored at Culdrose taken 17.03.1978. Copyright Chris England.

8613M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XJ724 - Perished at Catterick by 1984.
Photo of the helicopter stored at Culdrose taken 17.03.1978. Copyright Chris England.

8614M:

Folland Gnat T1 XP515 - Destroyed on the Otterburn ranges during 1995.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Wyton 14.09.1964. Copyright David Witworth.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Wattisham taken September 1984. Copyright Alan Allen.

8615M:

Not taken up.

8616M:
Folland Gnat T1 XP541 - Sold to the USA as N8130Q. Now on display at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF St Athan taken 04.05.1968. Copyright eLaReF.

Photo of the aircraft at RNAS Yeovilton taken 03.09.1977. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight, California taken 13.03.2017. Copyright Malcolm Nason.

8617M:
Folland Gnat T1 XM709 - Sold to the USA for spares but nothing further known.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Leuchars taken 04.09.1976. Copyright Trevor Hall.

8618M:
Folland Gnat T1 XP504 - Became G-TIMM but was written off 01.08.2015.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken 23.06.1984. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft taxying out at North Weald aerodrome 18.05.2008. Copyright Chris England.

8619M:
Folland Gnat T1 XP511 - Sold to the USA as N6154X and based in Danville, Colorado.
Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton date unknown. Copyright Paul Kelsey.

8620M:
Folland Gnat T1 XP534 - On display at the South Wales Aviation Museum, St Athan.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken June 1991. Copyright Alan Allen

Photo of the aircraft at St Athan taken 13.04.2019. Copyright Chris England.

8621M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR538 - Airworthy as G-RORY and based at North Weald.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Abindgon taken 16.09.1978. Copyright Mark Hall.

Photo of the aircraft landing at RNAS Yeovilton taken 07.07.2006. Copyright Chris England.

8622M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR980 - Sold to the USA as N936FC and based in Eas Islip, New York.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken in 1989. Copyright Paul Carton.

Photo of the aircraft at Denver Fort Range airport as N936FC taken 7.06.2000. Copyright Simon Bullimore.

8623M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR998 - Sold to the USA as N998XR and based at Danver Fort Range airport, Colorado.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton in 1987. Copyright London Eye - Fighter Control Forums.

8624M:

Folland Gnat T1 XS102 - Airworthy as G-MOUR and based at North Weald.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Cosford taken April 1990. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at Fairford taken 14.07.2007. Copyright Chris England.

8625M:

Northprop Shelduck D1 XW105 - Fate unkown.

8626M:

Folland Gnat T1 XS109 - Sold to the USA as N109XS and based at Denver Fort Range Aiport, Colorado.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton in 1989. Copyright London Eye - Fighter Control forums.

8627M:

Hunting Jet Provost T4 XP558  - Cockpit section under restoration in the Dumfries, Scotland area.

Photo of the aircraft at Culdrose taken 17.03.1978. Copyright Chris England.

8628M:

Auster AOP9 XK380 - Fate unknown.

8629M:

Avro Shackleton MR2 WL801 - Scrapped at RAF Cosford in 1985.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Cosford taken 09.05.1982. Copyright Paul Seymour.

8630M:

de Haviland Chipmunk T10 WG362 - Cockit section now privatly owned and under restoration in a unknown location. It was previously owned by 1094 ATC Squadron at Ely but sold at Auction in May 2023.

Photo of the aircraft cockpit  at Newton in July 2000. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the cockpit section on display at Cockpitfest 2023. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

8631M:

Folland Gnat T1 XR574 - On display at the RAF Halton Museum.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken 23.06.1984. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the RAF Halton Museum taken 29.11.2016. Copyright Kev Slade.

8632M:
Folland Gnat T1 XP533 - Sold as N533XP and based in White Plane, New York.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Cosford taken April 1990. Copyright Alan Allen.

8633M:

Supermarine Spitfire MK.IX MK732 - Airworthy as PH-OUQ and based in the Netherlands.

Photo of the aircraft at Duxford taken May 1996. Copyright Brian Bickers.

Photo of the aircraft landing at Gilze Rijen air base taken 21.06.2014. Copyright Stu Carr.

8634M:

Percival Sea Prince T1 WP314 - On display at the Solway Aviation Museum.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the Solway Aviation Museum taken 14.09.2019. Copyright Wallace Shackleton.

8635M:
Folland Gnat T1 XP514 - Sold to the USA as N7HY and based at Chino, California.

Photo of the aircraft at Biggin Hill in 1979. Copyright Colin Bristow.

Photo of the aircraft at Chino airshow taken 07.05.2017. Copyright 2wiice - Flickr.

8636M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR540 - Sold to the USA and stored at Denver Fort Range Airport, Colorado.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Little Rissington taken 17.04.1973. Copyright Gordon Riley.

8637M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR991 - Sold to the USA as N1CL and based in Houston, Texas.

Photo of the aircraft at Cranfield taken in 1989. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at an unknown location. Taken in 1990. Copyright Keith Svendsen.

8638M:
Folland Gnat T1 XS101 - Exported to China in 2018.

Photo of the aircraft at Farnborough date unknown. Copyright Keith Brooks.

Photo of the aircraft at North Weald in October 2003. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft registered as VH-XSO at Melbourne Essenden aiport, Australia taken 18.09.2004. Copyright Ray Barber.

8639M:
Folland Gnat T1 XS107 - Sold to the USA as N107XS and based in Greenwich, Conneticut.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Cosford taken April 1990. Copyright Alan Allen.

8640M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR977 - On display at the RAF Museum Hendon.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the RAF Museum Hendon taken 11.05.2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes

8641M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR987 - Sold to the USA as N7CV and previously based in California. Sold to New Zeland in February 2021 and became ZK-RAJ. Believed to be awaiting first flight.

Photo of the aircraft at Cranfield taken in 1989. Copyright Alan Allen.

8642M:
Folland Gnat T1 XR537 - Airworthy as G-NATY and based at North Weald.

Photo of the aircraft at Bournemouth taken February 2009. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at North Weald taken 28.09.2019. Copyright Richard A Flagg.

8643M:

de Havilland Venom NF2 WL867 - Scrapped.

8644M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XR457 - Destroyed on the Otterburn ranges during 1985.

Photo of the helicopter at Farnbrough taken 08.09.1974. Copyright Ray Barber.

8645M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XD163 - On display at the International Helicopter Museum, Weston Super Mare.

Photo of the helicopter on display at the Inernational Helicopter Museum taken 20.03.2016. Copyright Stu Carr.

8646M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XK969 - Perished at Manston in 1991.

Photo of the helicopter at RAF St Athan in 1977. Copyright Stuart Mitchell.

8647M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XP338 - Scrapped at RAF Cosford in 1993.

Photo of the helicopter at RAF Sleap taken 17.06.1969. Copyright Steve Ryle.

8648M:

Blackburn Buccaneer S2D XK527 - Cockpit section preserved in Wales.

Photo of the aircraft at Brough taken circa 1979. Copyright Michael Britton.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Honnington taken July 1992. Copyright Steve Ryle.

8649M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XP331 - Scrapped on the Otterburn ranges during 1985.

Photo of the helicopter at RAF Valley taken 18.08.1979. Copyright Trevor Hall.

8650M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XP333 - Perished at Manston during 1990.

8651M:

Avro Shackleton MR2 WG556 - Scrapped at RAF Lossiemouth during July 1982.

8652M:

English Electric Canberra PR7 WH794 - Perished at Catterick fire school.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF St Mawgan taken 16.09.1967. Copyright Chris England.

8653M:

Westland Wessex HAS1 XS120 - Scrapped at Broughton in 1994.

8654M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XL898 - Scrapped during 1992.

Photo of the helicopter at Boscombe Down taken June 1990. Copyright Alan Allen.

8655M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XN126 - Scrapped at Pinewood studios.

Photo of the helicopter at RAF Benson taken October 1997. Copyright Alan Allen.

8656M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XP405 - Broken up at Shorncliffe in 1995.

Photo of the helicopter at RAF Halton taken 23.06.1984. Copyright Chris England.

8657M:

Gloster Meteor T7 VZ634 - On display at the Newark Air Museum.

Photo of the aircraft on the fire dump at RAF Wattisham taken 16.09.1972. Copyright Compassphotography - Flickr.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Newark air museum taken 10.07.2014. Copyright Wallace Shackleton.

8658M:

Blackburn Buccaneer S2C XV358 - Scrapped at RAF Bruggen.

8659M:
Blackburn Buccaneer S2C XV340 - Scrapped at Pendine Ranges in 1999.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Finningley taken 30.07.1977. Copyright Ray Barber.

8660M:

Blackburn Buccaneer S2B XW538 - Scrapped at RAF Lossiemouth in 1987.

8661M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XJ727 - In use as a prop at a paintball site in Thetford, Norfolk.

Photo of the helicopter at Manston taken July 1998. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the helicopter in use as a paintball prop in Thetford, Norfolk taken 20.10.2018. Copyright Ian Grove.

8662M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XR458 - Broken up during 2020 and parts privatly owned.

Photo of the helicopter at RAF Halton taken June 1984. Copyright Irish251 - Flickr.

Photo of the helicopter in the scrapyard taken 03.09.2018. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

8663M:

English Electric Lightning F2A XN780 - Scrapped in 1984.

8664M:

English Electric Canberra B2 WJ603 - Scrapped.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Finningley taken 19.09.1964. Copyright Alan Wilson.

Photos of the remains of the aircraft in Hanningford metals scrapyard taken September 1991. Copyright Alan Allen.

8665M:

Avro Shackleton AEW2 WL754 - Perished at RAF Valley in July 1987.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Valley taken August 1985. Copyright Irish251 - Flickr.

8666M:

Slingsby Cadet TX3 XE793 - Privatly owned in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

8667M:

de Havilland Chipmunk T10 WP972 - Scrapped at RAF Abingdon in 1981.

Photo of the aircraft at Middle Wallop taken 06.07.1963. Copyright Ken Elliott.

8668M:

English Electric Canberra PR7 WJ821 - Scrapped at Bassingbourn barracks in 2013.

Photo of the aircraft at Bassingbourn barracks taken 11.07.2010. Copyright Richard A Flagg.

8669M:

Hawker Siddley HS-748 G-ARRV - Scrapped at Eggham in May 1990.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Benson taken September 1985. Copyright Alan Allen.

8670M:

Avro Vulcan B2 XL384 - Scrapped at RAF Scampton.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Scampton taken in 1990. Copyright Jon Wickenden.

8671M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XJ435 - Scrapped at Disforth during 1998.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton date unknown. Copyright Paul Kelsey.

8672M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XP351 - Previously on display at the Gatwick Aviation Musuem but current location not known.

Photo of the helicopter on display at the Gatwick Aviation Museum taken 10.05.2011. Copyright Stu Carr.

8673M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XD165 - On the fire dump at Caernarfon airfield, Wales.

Photo of the helicopter at Caernarfon airfield, Wales taken 22.11.2016. Copyright Rich Tregaer.

8674M:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XP395 - Subermerged in a diving lake in Plympton, Devon.

Photo of the helicopter at RAF Colerne taken 04.07.1970. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the helicopter at RAF Halton taken in 1981. Copyright Irish251 - Flickr.

8675M:

Avro Shackleton AEW2 WL793 - Scrapped at RAF Lossiemouth in July 1987.

Photo of the aircraft at St Mawgan taken 16.08.1978. Copyright Chris England.

8676M:

Hawker Hunter T7 XL577 - Previously registered as G-XMHD but sold to Jordan in May 2016.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Chivenor taken 22.08.1970. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Cranwell taken July 1988. Copyright Phil Bradshaw.

Photo of the aircraft at G-BXKF at Fairford taken 10.07.2008. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft as G-XMHD at Fairford taken 13.07.2014. Copyright Chris England.

8677M:

de Haviland Comet C2 XK695 - Cockpit section on display at the de Havilland aircraft Museum.

Photo of the aircraft at Duxford taken in March 1983. Copyright Irish251 - Flickr.

Photo of the cockpit section on display at the de Hailland aircraft Museum taken 01.05.2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

8678M:

Hawker Hunter F6 XE656 - On display at the Speyer Museum, Germany.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Chivenor taken 22.08.1970. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft at the Speyer Museum, Germany taken 15.04.2019. Copyright Stu Carr.

8679M:

Hawker Hunter F6 XF526 - Privatly owned in Birlingham, Worcestershire.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Valley taken in August 1979. Copyright Irish251 - Flickr.

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

Photo of the aircraft at Birlingham, Worcestershire taken 16.03.2012. Copyright Stu Carr.

8680M:
Hawker Hunter F6 XF527 - Displayed at RAF Halton.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken June 1984. Copyright Irish251 - Flickr.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Halton taken June 1991. Copyright Alan Allen.

8681M:

Supermarine Swift FR5 XE164 - Never built.

8682M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XP404 - Stored at the International Helicopter Museum, Weston Super Mare.

Photo of the helicopter at the International Helicopter Museum, Weston Super Mare taken 20.03.2016 Copyright Stu Carr.

8683M:

English Electric Canberra T4 WJ870 - Scrapped at St Mawgan during 1992.

Photo of the aircraft at Bassingbourn taken 28.05.1970. Copyright Ray Barber.

Photo of the aircraft at St Mawgan 15.09.1991. Copyright Chris England.

8684M:

Hawker Hunter F4 XJ634 - Preserved in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Photo of the aircraft date and location unknown. Copyright eLaReF.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia taken 02.03.2010. Copyright Michael Kelly.

8685M:

Hawker Hunter F6A XF516 - Became G-BVVC and written off 01.06.2003.

Photo of the aircraft at Prestwick taken 18.05.1957. Copyright Jim Cain.

Photo of the aircraft as G-BVVC at Farnborough taken 12.09.1998. Copyright Paul Tallon.

8686M:

Not taken up.

8687M:
Hawker Hunter F6A XJ639 - Sunk in a diving lake in Wormesley, Yorkshire.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Chivenor taken 22.08.1970. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft at Exeter taken in circa 1999. Copyright eLaReF.

8688M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XP347 - Scrapped at RAF Gutersloch in 1985.

Photo of the helicopter at St Mawgan taken 19.09.1970. Copyright Chris England.

8689M:

English Electric Canberra B2 WK144 - Scrapped by 1994.

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

Photo of the aircraft cockpit at Hanningford metals scrapyard taken December 1991. Copyright Alan Allen.

8690M:

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XP403 - Sold as scrap 19.03.1991.

Photo of the helicopter at RAF Finningley for the 1977 Royal review. Copyright Gerry Rudman.

8691M:

English Electric Canberra PR7 WT518 - Scrapped in 1992 after being on display at the Wales aircraft Museum, Cardiff.

Photo of the aircraft at Cardiff taken April 1985. Copyright Steve Ryle.

Photo of the remains of the aircraft in Hanngingfield Metals Scrapyard taken November 1994. Copyright Alan Allen.

8692M:

Avro Shackleton AEW2 WL741 - Perished at Manston fire school in 1987.

Photo of the aircraft at St Mawgan taken 13.08.1980. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft at Manston taken 18.03.1983. Copyright John Oram.

8693M:

English Electric Canberra T17 WH863 - Cockpit section on display at Newark Air Museum.

Photo of the cockpit section on display at Newark Air Museum taken 31.07.2019. Copyright Richard A Flagg.

8694M:

Gloster Meteor FR9 WH544 - Struck off charge 04.11.1957 in Malta.

8695M:

English Electric Canberra PR7 WJ817 - Scrapped at RAF Wyton during 1995.

Photo of the aircraft at Greenham Common taken 23.06.1979. Copright Caz Caswell.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Wyton taken 03.05.1990. Copyright Steve R - Ford Anglia Flickr.

8696M:

English Electric Canberra PR7 WH773 - On display at the RAF Laaarbruch Museum, Germany.

Photo of the aircraft location and date unknown. Copyright David Whitworth.

Photo of the aircraft while on display at the Gatwick Aviation Museum taken 10.04.2011. Copyright Stu Carr.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Laarbruch Museum, Germany. Copyright Erwin Alexander.

8697M:

de Havilland Venom NF2 WL825 - Scrapped.

8698M:

Avro Shackleton AEW2 WL745 - Perrised at Catterick fire school by 1983.

Photo of the aircraft at BAE Woodford taken October 1971. Coyright Urs Baettig.

Photo of the aircraft at Catterick taken 01.03.1982. Copyright Derek Heley.

8699M:

Vickers VC10 ZD232 - Perished on the fire dump at Brize Norton in April 1994.

Photo of the aircraft landing at London Heathrow as G-ASGD taken December 1979. Copyright Irish251 - Flickr.

Photo of the aircraft at RAF Brize Norton taken September 1991. Copyright Irish251 - Flickr.