UK Trip july 19th-22nd

[erik_kamphuis]

Hi,

I was for the first time in the UK (besides 1 visit to IAT Boscombe Down 1992) and here is a short log I saw with some requests, hope somebody can help?

July 19th North Weald:
For hangar:
Bulldog G-DOGE Red Arrow c/s ex Swedish AF 61022

Hangar 7:
Jet Provost G-VIVM ex XS230
Strikemaster G-MXPH/311 ex RSing.AF
outside:
Gnat "XS111" and XR538

Hangar 4:
MiG-17/Lim-5 1211 N Vietnam AF (ex Polish AF)
Vampire WZ507/74
Provost XF690
JP (XN459)/59
JP XM365 fuselage
JP XN637
Gnat G-FRCE (ex XS104)
Gnat 1x bare metal (behind G-FRCE), this must be XP540
1X Devon look-a-like? grey ex RAF??
outside hangar was JP XW311/MF/W dumped

Hangar .. (next to motorway M25):
Strikemaster G-CFBK, Kuwait AF c/s, ex RSaoudi AF 1125
Chipmunk G-BBMN (ex WD359/3)
tail T-33A N136TH (fuselage outside, Thunderbirds c/s, ex RCAF 21231)
outside:
JP XN629 fuselage
Dakota KP208/YS
C-54Q 56498 USAF
DC-4 44-42914 USAF c/s (no mil history)
Yak-52 G-YAKC ex ?
JP G-BWGS (ex XW310)
JP 104 ex South Arabian AF, G-PROV (also ex R Sing AF 352, and XS228 RAF)
L-29 G-ODAT (c/n 194227) ex ?
L-29 G-BYCT (c/n 395142) ex ES-YLH, ex ?
Gnat "XR993" is XP534 dump

North-side (overside):
Beech D18 N96240 ex RCAF 1559
Grob.109N G-BLUV NOT ex RAF!
Basset N181WW ex XS773
Yak-52 G-FLSH/52, ex 21 yel (c/n 877409)
Yak-50 G-IVAR
Ce-185 G-BXRH, ex mil???
Bulldog XX518/S (G-UDOG), +1 next to it no code, can this be XX624 (G-KDOG)?
Bulldog G-JWCM/44 ex RAF??
Bulldog 128 HKG-6 (G-BPCL) ex HKAAF
1x Yak-52 grey c/s next to the Hong Kong Bulldog

Lyneham (11.50-12.15h):
Hercules: XV220, 217, 301, 188, 200
ZH882, 875, 885, 884, 865

Hullavington (12.45-13.45h):
flying Vikings: ZE495/VA, ZE560/WH, ZE628/XS
in hangar Vikings: codes: VG/VN/VL/YE/WJ/XD/WE/YP/WW

Upavon (14.35h):
5x glider in covers outside, one coded "JLG", supposed no RAF gliders?

Netheravon "exercise Herrick 11" (15.00-16.10h):
Chinook ZH895 in grass
Merlin (ZJ995)/AD in grass
2x Sea King ASaC7 on base (should be ZD636/CU-182 and ZE420/189)
4x Apache AH1 on base (right from Sea Kings)
1x Apache landing for hotrefuelling outside base at 16.05h, on photo could be read "Z..58", so it should be ZJ168?
2 Apaches were seen flying above Salisbury Plain area around 14.20h.
2 Chinooks were seen taking off near road nr.338 (so the 2nd should be ZA714/AV ?)

preserved at the gate were Gazelle AH1 XZ346 and Scout AH1 (XV13)6.

Maybe anyone can help me with the other Apache's at that time/day? (I know there were 6 or 7 sunday).

Brize Norton (17.30-18.45h):
C-17A ZZ171, ZZ173 and ZZ175 should be in the hangar, tail visible with an unknown VC-10 next to it inside!
Tristar ZD953, +2 grey (anyone??)
VC-10 XV101/S, XV107/X, XV108/Y, ZA148/G and XV106/W arr at about 18.30h.
Seen overhead to Fairford: Falcon 50 T-783 and G222 mm62146/14-11 as I2146

July 20th was RAIT departure day:
request: A-109E ZR322 dep towards the spotters, another dep with a Sea King AM, whas this ZR323??
Chinook ZA707 dep from static and another stayed at static, serial?? (I read ZA670/AA dep 19th)
I now heard this Chinook was a mock-up!!!!
Seen taking off from Brize were (maybe somebody read those at Brize?):
between 10-11h 1x VC-10
11.14h 1x C-17
11.40h 1x Tristar
13.15h 2x VC-10
Seen in the direction off Lyneham 1x Sea King between 10.05-10.30h and again at 11.50h) (no RIAT dep!!) and a lot off Hercules in circuit at Lyneham...

after this we drove to Wittering and near Grove (SW of Oxford) we saw a Puma at 15.00h, anyone??

Wittering (17.00-17.10h):
2 Harriers T12's were landing, ZH663/111, ZH659/107

Cottesmore (17.20-17.45h):
Here also some Harriers landed; ZD411/40A, ZD327/08A, ZG504/75A

July 21st started with a roadrunner seen from our travellodge in Grantham-Colsterworth:
a black Gazelle G-WCRD was seen, it should have c/n 1390, this is NOT ex mil.

Cottesmore (8.30-10.00h):
spotted on flightline: codes 13/62/43A/50/45A/38/27/75A/03A/82/14 and one with only ..A on tail (c/n was taped over!!!) no sq-mks, anyone??? And another no code and no marks.

Cranwell (10.30-11.00h and 11.50-12.00h):
Beech 200: ZK450/J, ZK452/L, G-RAFP, G-RAFX
Dominie: C/D/E/H/F and O on dump
12x Tutor read on flightline
Tucano ZF295 on flightline
Alpha Jet E110/314-AH FAF6411 arr 11.50h
and E120/314-LG FAF6412 arr 11.55h

Waddington (11.15-11.40h):
E-3D: ZH101/02/04/05/07
Sentinel ZJ690 red tail stripe 5sq and one no sq-mks left off it (not read due engine was open) anyone???
(ZJ694 made a mission the day before, so maybe this one, can anyone confirm please?)
Hunter T7 G-VETA ex XL600 black c/s
Here we heard FAF, so back to Cranwell...

Than Coningsby (12.45-16.45h):
Typhoon: (ZJ814)/QO-Z, ZJ803/BA, ZJ812/BK, (ZJ933)/DF, (ZJ810)/BI, ZJ925/QO-R, ZJ815/AY, (ZJ805)/BD, ZJ813/BL, ZJ924/DD, (ZJ806)/BE, ZJ941/DG, (ZJ914)/DE, ZJ931/DA, ZJ932/DB, ZJ945/QO-F, ZJ928/QO-N, ZJ918/QO-L, ZJ916/QO-U, ZJ.../QO-I (anyone for this serial??).
visit:
Harrier GR9 ZD468/58 20sq Labor28 *
Puma HC1 XW213 Vortex002
2x Alpha Jet FAF6411/12 overshoot (see Cranwell)
1x Lynx AH7 crossing to Waddington as AAC968, serial from SBS-log is ZD278.
F-15E 97-0218/LN 492 FS Sniper11 *
F-15E 91-0321/LN 492 FS Sniper12 *

and than to Mildenhall and Lakenheath...

If somebody can help me with the missing serials???

Erik Kamphuis

[erik_kamphuis]

and the USAF-bases:

July 21st Lakenheath
seen at 18.30h in front off shelter F-15D 84-0044/LN.

Mildenhall (19.05-19.50h):
KC-135R 351 ARS (coded D): 38879, 38025, 00328, 00331, 37979, 23565, 80093 and 00355 in hangar.
MC-130: 64-14854, 64-14859, 69-5828
visitors/TDY:
MC-130P 9 SOS: 69-5819, 66-0217 and 65-0991 in hangar.
KC-135R 61-0266 117ARS/Kansas ANG
KC-135(T?) 58-0050 and KC-135R 61-0304 Fairchild (what unit is this?)
C-130H 109 AS/MN ANG: 95-1001 and 96-1005 dep22 to ETAR
RC-135W 62-4131/OF (unit is this 38RS or 95RS?)

July 22nd Lakenheath (8.30-12.15h and 14.50-16.20h):
F-15E 492 FS: 218/134/301/308/332/217/133/204
F-15E 494 FS: 2002/2004/318/364/3003/314/326/3001/316
HH-60G 89-26212/LN flew AM and PM as Talon11

Mildenhall (12.30-14.35h and 16.40-16.50h):
C-17A 06-6165 436AW arr 11.30h and dep PM as RCH507
C-130H 96-1004 arr AM as RCH 183
UC-35A 99-00102 Co.E/6-52Avn
KC-135R 00350 351 ARS arr as Gold13H
23565 (Quid95), 00331 (Quid78), 80086 (is this a KC-135T?), 69-5828 (Shadow61) and the RC-135 came in at 14.30h as Adelo24!!!!
The Kansas KC-135 had left.
MC-130H 87-0023 7 SOS

Cambridge-Teversham (17.25-17.40h)
C-130H G-988 for KLu outside
Tristar ZD949 outside
Hercules all WFU all green: XV202 (in hangar), XV212 (grey), XV294, XV307 and one no serials that should be XV299.

Stansted (21.20h):
C-37A 97-0401 99 AS/USAF
B747 A6-MMM Dubai Air Wing
B737-BBJ2 A6-MRS Dubai Air Wing (also seen on 19th).

Any corrections are welcome..

Erik

[erik_kamphuis]

Serials from the flying tankers from Brize seen during the RIAT departure day are as following.
All are from a SBS-log from Oxfordshire:

9.04h 1x VC-10 = RRR2314 XV107/X
11.14h 1x C-17 = RRR6628 ZZ173
11.40h 1x Tristar = RRR3249 ZD950
13.15h 2x VC-10 = Tartan11 ZA148/G and Tartan12 XV101/S

Another request:
july 20th two Sentinels were logged on SBS flying, ZJ690 and ZJ694.
Does anybody know if ZJ654 has no sq-marks and was also at Waddington the day after.
We were at Waddo at 11.15h and two were on the flightline (ZJ690 and one unreadable)..

Erik

[MyOneOFour]

Hoi Erik,

Some additions/corrections on the Norh Weald log:

Mig15 1211 should be Mig17
Vampire WZ507 is G-VTII
Provost XF790 should be XF690 and is G-MOOS
JP XN637 is G-BKOU
BAC167 Strikemaster MK80A G-CFBK is painted in Kuwait AF c/s but is actually ex Saudi AF 1125 (Viper Team)
CT133AN N136th is N36TH and is also registred as G-BYOY
C54D 56498 is actually C54Q N-44914
Yak-3 G-IVAR is a Yak-50
Jet Provost G-PROV is a JP Mk52 ex South Arabian AF 104 (later to become South Yemen AF). So the colours are South Arabian.

[erik_kamphuis]

An update for everyone that visited Waddington around the RIAT days.
The Sentinel serials are known that were at the flightline july 21st.
ZJ690 with red fin-band was read and the unread one without red fin-band is now known (this mail I got from the UK):

Erik, by a process of elimination, it was ZJ694 that you saw - it doesn't have a red fin-band and 691 & 692 were not in the UK apparently - 690 & 693 have a red finband