Herc 317 Cambridge April 77?

[Gibbo60feb]

Hi all

Trying to id a Herc at Cambridge 11/4/77 - serial logged as 317

Can’t find a trace, any ideas?

Regards

Nick

[POL]

Arabic numerals?

Backwards 3, slanted 1, number 7 makes it 416 in Roman numerals.

Then again a backwards 7 would be 2. Backwards 7 with a squiqqly top would be 3.

That makes it maybe 416, 412 or 413.

Not very helpful, I guess. sorry!

[Typeflyer]

KAF317 l.100-20 of Kuwait AF per chance? It was current at the time before being written off in 1980.

[JAWS]

KAF317 l.100-20 of Kuwait AF per chance? It was current at the time before being written off in 1980.

Not Cambridge but entirely possible it visited Cambridge the previous day as well for spares/spannering at Marshalls

BAR/BARG has KAF317 L-100 visiting Brize Norton on 12/4/77

SEAR only had a couple of reports from Cambridge but no mention of any 317

No Cambridge reports in BAR/BARG

[Jetbudgie]

Confirm it was the Kuwait one...I was working at Marshalls then and used to keep a daily log. It arrived on Friday 1/4/77, test flew Wednesday 13/4 after being worked on, I don't have a date for it leaving but it would have been soon afterwards. I wonder if the BARG date at Brize may be a few days adrift.

Cheers Jb