Abandoned, Forgotten and Burnt!!

[roughcutter]

I can recall seeing the remains of a 92Sqn Lightning at Coningsby in the 1980's (where the carpark is today). Regrettably I never got around to taking a picture of it, did anyone get a shot?
MarkL

Not my image and don't know who the photographer is, but on their behalf here are the 2 F2.A's ex 92 ships 1982 apparently.

Hi Gary,
The same Lightning taken in better times (I didn't know there were two), interesting to note the HAS's under construction.

Cheers, MarkL

[von_trippenhopf]

Manston 1991
Gravedigger, this matches your photos nicely!!

[Ghastly Whisper]

@ Roughcutter ie the Lightnings at Coningsby, One is XN774 which ended its days at Coningsby, the other one is now rather infamously sat next to the A1 (I forget the serial XN728?)

@Von-trippenhopf, they were moved about some between my shots and yours the JP was over the other side of the fire pits on the grassfield. I have close up shots of the Vulcan I might get round to posting them when winter really gets going Do you have any shots of the 74Sqn Phantom ZE360 from about this time? I did but they failed to be developed properly

Also from Manston 1991

Whirlwind HAR10 XK968


WHIRLWIND HAR10 XK968 by Gaz West, on Flickr

[baopsman]

WD480 Hastings C2 languishing on the fire dump at Farnborough during the early 1980's.

[3Greens]

Just a few more .. Cottesmore dump July 1991 - can't find any details for the Jet Provost or the Sea Vixen (nose code 702 ?)





F3 Lightning F3 XR716 ex. 5 Sqd


Hunter T7 XL618/05


Thanks for looking
Keith

[JAWS]

Keith I believe the JP was XM375 and the Sea Vixen was XJ582. Can anyone else confirm ?

[Mike]

Hi Keith,the JP should be XM375,I can't help with the Sea Vixen though !

[Mike]

Confirmed Stevie............

XJ582 DH Sea Vixen FAW2 f/f 01/08/1960, d/d 04/08/1960, to No.1 SoTT Halton 30/05/1971 for G/I as 8139M, to Cottesmore dump 27/01/1980, scrapped Hanningfield Metals, Stock, Essex 06/1993

[Mike]

Lossiemouth a few years ago(1992,I think)





The last Buccaneer ever built,XZ432


Another is taken away(XW542)...........

[lowlevelRAF]

Hi Guys,

I found this from when I when camp to RAF Marham back in 2006, 2x Tornado GR1's I believe (Well, from whats left of them), We did walk over and have a look but no photo's of that part


Matt

[Ghastly Whisper]

Hunter parts near Coningsby XL578



PATCHWORK HAWKER HUNTER T7 XL578 by Gaz West, on Flickr

[3Greens]

They're a bit distant but to add a 'continental' touch to the thread here's a few from a French trip in August 1979.
CHATEADUN - Death row for a line of Noratlas (incl.64-IG No.47, 312-BI No.20, uncoded No.53, 59-CB No. ? , 62-QA No.27 plus 2 more)


TOURS - T-33A 314-VG (believe 21032)

C-47 Tail no. 15276 (don't know whether this one ever survived to another life)


LORIENT - T6 Texan (981)81 with remainder of tail serial ***522


EVREUX - Breguet 765 'Sahara' - only a few of these ever built I think. Think this one did survive and got rebuilt to be a gate guard



Difficult to photograph all the based Noratlas at Evreux - there were 43 of them stood out
The French were very 'strange' even about photographing their wrecks at that time.
Thanks for looking
Keith

[3Greens]

Another couple of the Cottesmore dump from July 1991. This was just 'butchery'

JP T3 XM375 (thanks for info on this guys)


Lightning F3 XR716


Cheers
Keith

[GOOSE]

What a top idea for a thread steve149c

Although sad to see, the nostalgia value is great.

[steve149c]

Thanks to everyone for their contributions, didn't think I'd see so many poor old birds

Cheers

Steve

[Flyingmonster]

What a top idea for a thread steve149c

Although sad to see, the nostalgia value is great.

Got to agree with Goose there!

[jg43]

Such a shame, so many aircraft . The Voodoo on the first page is interesting that was a great catch!

[brewerybod]

The Voodoo on the first page is interesting that was a great catch!

Here is another Voodoo which was at RAF Woodbridge the same time as Bentwaters had their one,
F-101B 70270 ex Texas ANG, the cockpit of this one now serves the firemen at Coventry airport


Cheers - Graham

[magnum]

Wattisham dump.




F-105 BDRT airframe in the static at Upper Heyford.

[markmarples]

is that the one off the A1 in grantham?, ive seen a model made of that somwhere, as it is in that condition