Lakenheath 23/8/1980

[boychubbs]

Hi all i have got a few queries if anybody visited Lakenheath on this day here they are. (40162,40176,40172,67737,60445,14060,60304,60382) And 1 more N13562.

[Mike]

What are your queries?

[Topspotter75]

Hi boychubbs like mike says I don't know what your queries are but I did note 66-0304 & 66-0382 both F-4E 57FIS at lakenheath on that date
regards Red

[boychubbs]

Full regs and types please.

[Mike]

67737 (66-7737) was a F-4D with the USAF, as for the rest I have no idea - although N13562 could have been a flying club aircraft at the time.

Where did you get the other serials from as they don't seem to tie-up with anything? (apart from the 2 x 57 FIS F-4Es that Red mentioned)

Could 14060 actually have been 40160, which would fit-in with the first three serials you listed?

Does anyone else have any clues?

[TomG]

Just spent an hour with my database and a brew and came up with the following:

40612 - 64-0612 C141B?
40176 - can't find anything but if you assume a mis-pole then an option is 68-0176, an F-111D (but were there any deployments to LN around that time?) another possibility is 79-0176 which is an A-10A but whether it served in the UK/Europe around that time is another matter.
40172 - as above but a possibility is 76-0172 which was a Beech C-12C at that time, 79-0172 is an A-10A with same comment as above.
67737 - only thing I can find is 66-7737 which is a Korean AF F-4D
60445 - maybe a mis-pole? May have been F-111F 72-1445 and the last three read off with an assumption the full serial was/is '60445'?
14060 - 51-4060 T-33A ex French AF broken up at Molesworth in 1988
60304 - 66-0304 F-4E
60382 - 66-0382 F-4E

N13562 - my database doesn't throw anything up with this registration but clutching at straws 66-13562 was an OV-10A Bronco at that time. Whether it was a Sembach machine or not is, again, another matter.

Sorry I can't offer more.

Tom

[graham luxton]

I reckon F-4D 67737 was actually 66-8737/SP which I noted at Lakenheath the day before. Also saw the 2 57FIS F4E's and RS F-4E's 68-0393 and 74-1645.

Graham

[boychubbs]

Thanks for all the responses, i am really grateful.

[rh226]

Just to add a little bit more to TomG's excellent bit of digging plus Martin's and Graham's clarification.

14060 was very definitely the T-33A - ex French AF. I noted it at Lakenheath on 10/05/1980 when it sported the "LN" tailcode and a green tailband.

40172 and 40176 could not be mis-poles for A-10As 79-0172 or 79-0176 as these were CONUS based at the time (coded "WA" and "EL" respectively). Equally, they could not be F-111Ds 68-0172 and 68-0176 as these were "CC" coded and their deployment was to Boscombe Down in May - June 1980. These two were not on that deployment either.

40162 would be most unlikely to be a mis-pole for 76-0162 (C-12C) as this was based with the MAAG(?) at Canberra, Australia at the time.

As far as the N13562 is concerned, I remember that the Lakenheath Flying Club had a Cessna 150 and that it had 5 digits after the "N" - but that is all that I can remember. However, (66-)13562 was a Sembach based OV-10A.

Regards,

Bob