Northumbria UAS

On the amphibious transport dock INS Jalashwa (L41), the former USS Trenton (LPD-14).

Delivered in January 1945 to Canada's 430 Sqdn at Eindhoven, RM927 was one of few Griffon-powered Spitfires to have been engaged on the European front in combat and recce missions. On 9 March 1945 it was damaged by flak, but following storage it was passed to the Belgian AF in 1947, receiving serial SG-25 and code 3R-D, later I-QW. After accidental damage in 1952 it went back into storage and was retired in 1954. Passing from workshop to workshop, later intentions to rebuild it were stalled but restoration was eventually completed by Richard Grace at Sywell in 2021, G-SXIV being allocated.

WJ768, WJ775, WT206 and WT305 were four Canberra B.6s converted to Radio Countermeasures aircraft, also referred to as Canberra B.6(RC). WT305 was withdrawn from use in November 1976, de-modified and put on display at the Wyton main gate. She was scrapped in 1989. Photographer unknown

Stored at Fleetlands from 21 March 2016, then sold to the Pakistan Navy on 8 December 2017 as 18. Written off on 31 August 2018.

scrapped at RAF Wattisham in late 1991

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Slipping in over the hedge with a final flourish of engine smoke on completion of its display.

Ex USAAF 44-27231. For around a year in 2003/4 the aircraft was with The Fighter Collection at Duxford.

Operated by 3CBAS. In crudely applied temporary camouflage ready for a training exercise in Norway. Became G-BHKC on 17 January 1980 and converted to Soloy turbine power, then to 5N-ATI on 8 February 1985.

This PBY-6A was built for the US Navy 46645 in 1945 before being sold and reregistered N10013 in 1956. It then went to Canada as CF-IZO and reregistered C-FIZO in 1983. In 1990 it was sold to the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum where it was restored to flying condition with the tail fin of the PBY-5A. It was flown along the coast to the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodø where it is currently displayed. On the way, the aircraft made low passes over the homes of former Catalina crew members. The real FP535 was Catalina Mk III that was lost on a search and rescue flight north of Iceland 5 November 1942.

Surrendered to the Allies in 1945 and later flown to Farnborough for evaluation, being allocated the RAF serial VK893 in September 1945 in place of the Air Ministry number AM51. By 1947 it was in the Cranwell station museum where it remained until 1960. It was allocated the maintenance serial 8482M on 16 February 1976, and later that year moved to Cosford. It moved to the RAF Museum at Hendon in 2003, and was returned to Cosford in 2017.