RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain Airshow 1977 - picture heavy.

[MikeH]

A selection of images of varying quality from a show held in conditions that were unhelpful for colour slide photography. I was reminded recently that the 1977 show saw the birth of Squadron Prints, as they published their first ever print at the show. If nothing else this gives a flavour of the show and the conditions. The three 23 Squadron F-1A Lightnings were station decoys, used for a simulated airfield attack by four Jaguars from RAF Lossiemouth.

Hunter-Leuchars-XF527-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Canberra-T17-Leuchars-WF890-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Canberra-TT18-Leuchars-WJ629-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Jaguar-Leuchars-XX758-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

FG1-Leuchars-XV577-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Lightning-Leuchars-XS899-2-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Lightning-Leuchars-XS899-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

LightningX3-Leuchars-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

LightningX3-Leuchars-2-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

LightningX3-Leuchars-3-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

TF-104G-Leuchars-D-5089-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Drakken-Leuchars-AT-159-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Mirage-5BR-Leuchars-BR-23-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Wessex-Leuchars-XR497-XT604-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Lightning-Leuchars-XP764-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Lightning-Leuchars-XP741-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

FG1-Leuchars-XV572-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

FG1-Leuchars-XV572-2-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Shackleton-Leuchars-WL757-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Nimrod-Leuchars-XV255-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

VC10-Leuchars-XV106-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Victor-Leuchars-XL160-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

Hercules-Leuchars-XV211-10SE77 by Michael Hall, on Flickr

[Mustang531]

Thanks for sharing these, all great stuff and memories too. First shot is the Hunter, now displayed near the gate at RAF Halton in the same scheme. That Danish Draken was written off the following month, one I never saw.

[RS2]

Golden era of RAF open days. Great set reminding me of how good all the station open days were up to mid / late 80s.

[paddyboy]

Stunning set, Michael

Proper RAF ‘At Home Day’ fare

TARDIS please

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[XR713]

Great Memories.

[warthog56]

Wonderful set of images of a golden era for me. Wish I had been a bit more adventurous and visited more shows in the 70's but didn't get into serious military spotting until 1977 (and I invested in a SLR camera). The good old days, eh?

[Snoop 95]

A 'golden era' indeed! Just look at the variety of airframes and liveries on display.

[Petepilot]

Superb quality pics of superb aeroplanes! Thanks for sharing
I was there (but don't remember a thing about the show, except the 'target' Lightnings )

[Red-Eye-Knight]

Excellent set of photos from my favourite airbase

[ST24]

Superb stuff.. Those explosion are quite close to those Lightnings!

[MikeH]

Those explosion are quite close to those Lightnings!

I don't know if the smoke coming out of the 'Avpin' panel on the spine is related!

[F3]

Superb. Esp that last one of the Herc which is one of the best Herc pics I've ever seen.

[ST24]

Those explosion are quite close to those Lightnings!

I don't know if the smoke coming out of the 'Avpin' panel on the spine is related!

Indeed! That stuff was lethal..