Lost Aviation Collection of Britain ...

[Mark Allen M]

Photos taken 19 June 1975 @ RAF Colerne. (Photos from Newark Air Museum Twitter feed) RAF Colerne used to have an annual air display. Many of these aircraft would eventually become part of the collection of the future RAF Museum.
Bottom photo appears on the front cover of Ellis's "Lost Aviation Collections of Britain" 35 aircraft in total...
Wiki history of RAF Colerne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Colerne
Flickr photos of the collection: https://www.flickr.com/photos/davids_wo ... 909788223/

Not sure how old the dispositions on this list are, but a list never the less of to some of RAF Colerne's stock list as of 1 Dec 72:

TX226 Anson CX1X- at Montrose museum for restoration

VT812 Vampire F3 – RAF Museum, Hendon

XD542 Vampire T11 – Private owner Patrington

WT346 Canberra B(I)8 – under restoration at Ardmore

WJ676 Canberra B2 – was Wroughton gate guard, scrapped and nose preserved

TJ138 Mosquito PR34 (ex 3CAACU TT35) – RAF Museum, Hendon

VT229 Meteor F4 – Kermit Weeks, Florida

WK935 Meteor F8 Prone conversion, RAF Museum, Cosford

WS838 Meteor NF14 – Midland Air Museum, Coventry

XA634 Javelin FAW4/9 – Jet Age Museum, Staverton

VR930 Sea Fury FB11 – Airworthy, Navy Wings, Yeovilton

VX272 Hawker P1052 – FAA Museum, Yeovilton

WB188 Hunter P1067 Mark 3 – Tangmere Museum

WN907 Hunter F2 – Robertsbridge Museum (think this was incomplete wreck when at Colerne?)

XF690 Percival Provost T1 – airworthy with John Beattie group at Yeovilton

VV106 Supermarine 510 – FAA Museum, Yeovilton

BL614 Spitfire V (B) – RAF Museum, Hendon

WD159 Valetta CMk1 - scrapped

WG725 Westland Dragonfly HR3 – preserved Nowra

120227 He162 (VH513) – RAF Museum, Hendon

191904 Me163B (AM217) – Luftwaffe Museum, Berlin

Bloodhound Missile Mk2 - no idea

G-AEEH Pou-de-Ciel – RAF Museum, Cosford

G-AVXV Bleriot X1 225 on loan from Cdr Goldsmith – ditched in the Channel in 1989, and recovered! Now in France…

G-ASPX Bensen Gyrocopter on loan Cdr Goldsmith – apparently crashed in 1989

G-AEKV BAC Drone owned by Wg Cdr Macdonald – Brooklands Museum

[Hooligan2]

Original list created in March this year on PPRuNe, post #19 and a few more on post #21 https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history ... tings.html.

[Zac Yates]

WOW!!!

[Mark Allen M]

The only time the phrase “Less is more” ever actually made sense is when thinking of Kermit Weeks.

[ffuries]

With the quality of old film, it looks like someone took their model collection outside and took pictures of them. Regardless I love the pictures and seeing so many different types in such a small area.

[PeterA]

Mk 24 Spitfire PK683 is also in there.

[Hooligan2]

Trying to work out what the yellow aircraft is at the back of the first photo, between the Hastings and the Liberator...

Other airframes in addition to.list in post #1:

B-24 is at Hendon and the Cat I think is Cosford. The Spitfire 24 is now at Southampton Hall of Aviation. Dakota is at Cosford. Lightning went to fire dump at Kemble. If the Hastings is TG536, the nose is at Yorkshire Air Museum.

[blurrkup]

Trying to work out what the yellow aircraft is at the back of the first photo, between the Hastings and the Liberator...

Could it be 120227 He162 (VH513) – RAF Museum, Hendon as listed. As I can't see the aircraft anywhere in those photos.

[bdk]

Trying to work out what the yellow aircraft is at the back of the first photo, between the Hastings and the Liberator...

Could it be 120227 He162 (VH513) – RAF Museum, Hendon as listed. As I can't see the aircraft anywhere in those photos.

Sure looks like an He-162 but with a few parts missing perhaps.

[Mark Allen M]

Almost looks like a flying wing.

[Archer]

Looks like a He-162 to me too. Fuselage on its gear.

[David Legg]

As suggested, it was He 162A s/n 120227. The fuselage was under restoration at the time of the photo and it is now at the RAF Museum at Hendon.

[Archer]

That will be this one then (photo from March 2016):

He162_Hendon2016 by Jelle Hieminga, on Flickr

[wendovertom]

What is the front and center big delta wing with engine on top jet?

Tom P.

[dhfan]

Handley-Page HP.115 75° delta research aircraft, now at the RAF Museum Cosford.

Edit: It's not big, it's just that it's at the front!

Last edited by dhfan on Mon Jul 18, 2022 7:35 pm, edited 2 times in total.