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Waddington EAV-8 6/6/92
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:56 am
by Nuski
Hiya,
Looking for the serial for a spanish EAV-8 all i have down is a code of 01-907.
(There was a deployment of Swiss F-5, Mirages and 4 spanish av-8.)
Many thanks
Re: Waddington EAV-8 6/6/92
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:00 pm
by mustang5861
EAV-8B VA.2-7/01-907 of Esc 009.
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Re: Waddington EAV-8 6/6/92
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:00 pm
by Yammer
01-907 - VA.1A-19
Re: Waddington EAV-8 6/6/92
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:06 pm
by POL
I agree with Yammer, the VA.2-xx serials were never used and aircraft re-allocated VA.1A-xx and VA.1B-xx
See also
https://lontra7.webnode.es/_files/20000 ... 11.02).pdf page 5.
Re: Waddington EAV-8 6/6/92
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:41 pm
by mustang5861
Yammer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:00 pm
01-907 - VA.1A-19
Apologies for the bum steer on this one. 'BAR' also makes reference in the same report to two more EAV-8Bs which arrived on 8/6, VA.2-5/01-905 and VA.2-8/01-908, but there is no follow-up info in subsequent 'Waddington' reports nor the 'Agro' sections by way of correction. You live and learn!
Re: Waddington EAV-8 6/6/92
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:37 pm
by Yammer
These Spanish Harriers were a challenge at the time as I don't think they carried any external serials for the first few years, just side codes. So there was a degree of uncertainty over their correct serials and the format of that serial - was it VA1 - VA1A - VA.1 - VA.1A - VA2
Later on the external serials were painted onto the rear fuselage ( circa 2005 ? ) and revealed themselves to be in the VA.1A..... format.
Then some were later re-built and upgraded and deep joy re-serialled.