A visit to No.1 School of Technical
Training, RAF Halton in the late 1970s.
These slides have suffered badly from
the ravages of time and mildew. They are presented as is and for the record
of something long gone.
WJ872
Canberra T.4 The nose section was reported to be with 327 (ATC) Sqd,
Kilmarnock, Strathclyde.
WJ880
Canberra T.4 The nose section of this aircraft is now a travelling
display with the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum.
WP314
Sea Prince T.1 573-CU 8634M Now preserved at the aircraft museum at
Carlisle.
XJ526
Sea Vixen FAW.2 8145M, eventually went onto the dump at Halton
XJ582
Sea Vixen FAW.2 8139M, this aircraft eventually went to the dump at
Cottesmore 27Jan80.
My friend Robert Milroy and the Chief Tech that gave us the tour around the
SoTT stand in front of one of the more exotic Canberras, the Laarbruch
based PR.9
XM271 Canberra B(I).8, 8204M eventually scrapped at Foulness Apr91
XM271
Canberra B(I).8,8204M eventually scrapped at Foulness Apr91
XM367
Jet Provost T.3, 8083M, eventually scrapped at Bruntingthorpe Apr95
XM369 Jet Provost T.3 with the
maintenance serial 8084M. This aircraft went Lumb, Rossendale, Llancashire,
undergoing active restoration. http://www.xm369.co.uk/
It is also reported to be sent
to a scrapyard in Portsmouth.
XM467
Jet Provost T.3, 8085M, reported to have been sund in Gildenburg Lake,
Cambs.