Scrapped in April 1959. Ferry Support Squadron titles behind cockpit windows. RAF Kirkbride was home to 12MU which handled the storage and disposal of large numbers of aircraft post WW2 with around 1,200 aircraft present by 1949. The airfield closed in 1960.

Ordered by the USAAF as C-47A as 42-92521 but delivered to the US Navy as R4D-5 17135 in 1944. Re-designated as a C-47H in 1962 and to the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory as N9382 in 1971. Sold in 1977 and flew with several operators before ending its flying career in Florida with Pro Freight Cargo Services at Opa Locka. Sold to the Days Gone By Museum, Portland, TN in 2011 for preservation but the museum closed in 2022 and the aircraft was disassembled and towed to Portland Municipal Airport (LID) where it remains at time of upload.

One of 14 Piaggio 136Fs delivered to the Italian Air Force from 1951. Sold to the Aeroclub of Bologna c1964 becoming I-TEMA, the aircraft was rarely flown and by 1967 ended up with a local scrap dealer at Anzola Dell'emilia close to Bologna. Rather than scrap the aircraft he put it on display at the front of his yard where it still remained in early 2024. (photo by John Fricker)

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-92277 in November 1943. To the RAF as FL633 in January 1944 and sold to DHY (later THY) as TC-YOL in July 1946. Bought by Universal Air Leasing Gmbh in August 1969 and registered as CS-TAI. for lease to SATA. Sold to Israeli Aircraft Industries in 1975 for the IDF becoming 4X-FNT/029. To N751A in August 1999. At the time of upload operated by the WW2 Airborne Demonstration Team of Frederick, Ok. as 292277 'Boogie Baby'.

Later delivered to the Pakistani Air Force as R4000. The only overseas operator of the type, Pakistan flew 36 between 1951 and 1958, although it is reported some may have remained in service as late as 1964. Flown by 11 Squadron, the type was replaced by F86F Sabres.

Delivered in January 1951 and sold to VASP as PP-SRB in January 1958. Withdrawn from use at Sao Paulo, Congonhas in August 1965 and scrapped.

Built at Stapleford in 1957 and test flown as G-43-1. Left Croydon on delivery flight to Australia in company with G-APIA on 27th October 1957, arriving on the 11th November. Registered as VH-FBZ in February 1958. Crashed in March 1959 and rebuilt by Kingsford Smith Aviation with a Cheetah 10 radial engine and re-designated as an EP-9C. Crashed again in July 1962 while flying for Airfarm Associates, repaired and re-registered as VH-DCM before crashing again in April 1963. Struck off register 9th April 1963.

Built at the General Aircraft factory in Feltham and moved to Brough for flight trials following the merger of General Aircraft and Blackburn Aircraft. First flown on 20th June 1950, it was followed in 1953 by a single example of the GAL65 (B.100) and from 1955 by 47 B.101 Beverleys

Claimed by its designers to be the first jet powered basic trainer. First flown in October 1954 and appeared at the 1955 Paris airshow. Crashed on 26th September 1955 after failing to recover from a spin.

Delivered to United Arab Airlines in December 1960 and crashed taking off from Munich for a flight to Athens on 9th February 1970. Although the aircraft was a write off, there were no fatalities amongst the 14 passengers and 9 crew.

Ex 42-93271 and KG572. Bought by Derby Aviation in April 1961 and sold to Gregory Air Services in May 1965, leased by them for a short period in 1967 to Emerald Airways as EI-ARR. Flew in Africa from August 1968 as VQ-ZJB, 3D-AAH, A2-ZHR and ZS-KAT. Joined the Rhodesian AF in January 1978 as R3700 and became 3700 with the Zimbabwe AF in April 1980. Withdrawn and stored at Manyame by February 1998 it was one of five ex Zimbabwe AF C-47s transported by road to Wonderboom in July/August 2017. Registered to Preferred Air Parts as N568PT and cancelled from the US register in May 2023

Ex USAAF 44-83563. One of three B-17s which passed through Gatwick en-route to Bovingdon for the filming of the movie The War Lover. Once at Bovingdon all three were painted in the USAAF camouflage of the 324th Bomb Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group, N9563Z wearing the serial 41-27742/DF-T. After filming she returned to the US to join Aviation Specialties of Mesa as a fire tanker and in 1969 was involved in the film Tora Tora Tora. Sold to the National Warplane Museum at Geneseo NY. in 1985 flying as '297400' 'Fuddy Duddy' and current with the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana CA. at time of upload.

Visiting the event from its base at Sculthorpe.

Registered in April 1947 as G-AJOG, cancelled as sold in Belgium in November 1951 and registered as OO-ERY in January 1952. Based at Grimbergen with several owners before sale back to the UK via OJ Marmol at Southend to Devonair at Chivenor. It was intended to use the aircraft on flights to Lundy Island but the sale was never completed and the aircraft remained in its Belgian marks. The registration was officially cancelled in February 1960 and the aircraft was scrapped and burnt in November 1963.

First flown in January 1958 and intended to replace the Piper Pa18 and Cessna L-19 in service with the ALAT, two prototypes were followed by 150 production aircraft. Built between 1959 and 1961, principally for use in Algeria, the type was not particularly successful, quickly being superseded by helicopters in its observation and Medevac role.

Built in 1960, ex D-EMKE. A one off conversion powered by a Turbomeca Astazou 11, first flown on 2nd March 1961. To F-BJRD and reported written off on 3rd June 1964.

Originally ordered in November 1944 as part of a batch of 30 Sturgeon S.1 carrier-borne strike aircraft. The order was ultimately reduced and altered to consist of 23 Sturgeon T.T.2 target tugs which entered service in the early 1950s and several, including TS492 were later modified to T.T.3 standard by Shorts at Rochester. 728 NAS at Hal Far was to become the main user of the Sturgeon T.T.3 until its retirement circa 1958. TS492 was struck off charge in November 1959. Photo by John Fricker.

In addition to two prototypes, sixty Short SB.6 Seamews were ordered in 1953 however only twenty four eventually flew, the remainder of the contract being cancelled in 1957. XE171 was first flown on 15th August 1955 and appeared at Farnborough less than one month later. The aircraft ended its days with the Aircraft Holding Unit at Lossiemouth in 1958 and was sold as scrap in July 1959. Photo by John Fricker.

Delivered to Pan American World Airways on 18 April 1953. Involved in an accident at Schiphol on 1st February 1958 and subsequently converted to a freighter. Sold as N7344 to Liberty Air in May 1965 and became G-ATOB with Trans World Leasing February 1966. Leased to Trans Meridian London in 1966/67 and became VR-BCT with ARCO Bermuda in July 1968. Reported to have been briefly registered as TI-1065P in October 1968, still with ARCO, before reverting to VR-BCT. Written off in a belly landing at Abidjan, Ivory Coast on 26th July 1970.