229 OCU line-up with Hunter F.6/F.6As including XG159, XJ634, XG172, XF439 and XE608 plus Meteor T.7s WL360 and WH208. The latter was written off on 23 June 1967.

Later preserved in these markings at RAF Museum Cosford

Operated by 229 OCU based at RAF Chivenor.

No 235 Sqn flew the Beaufighter Mk.IC fighter over the Bay of Biscay in 1942. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Delivered on 9 Dec 1955, to Malaysian AF 12 Jun 1968

Ex Italian Air Force MM5701 of 18º Gruppo Caccia Terrestre / 95ª Squadriglia, which made a forced landing near Orford Ness on the English east coast on 11 Nov 1940 during a bombing mission out of Belgium. It was salvaged and two weeks later it was allocated RAF serial BT474. In Apr 1941 it was transferred to the Air Fighting Development Unit at Duxford, where it was test flown for about a year. After years of storage at various locations, it was eventually restored in the mid 1960s, and it is seen here displayed at the 1969 RAF Chivenor Open Day. Restored in its original Italian markings in 1974 and allocated RAF maintenance serial 8468M in 1976, it eventually ended up with the RAF Museum Hendon.