Battle of Britain at Home Day -
Acklington 17/09/1960
Credit & copyright for photo's remain with Jim Jobe
A very wet RAF Acklington opened its gates to the public in 1960 to commemorate the Battle of Britain. Due to the bad weather the number of participants was well down on previous years.
During this period the base was within Fighter Command, 66Sqn being the resident unit with their Hunter F.6 aircraft. Air & Sea rescue was provided by 228Sqn who had a detachment here with Whirlwind helicopters.
The letter in the first column denotes whether the aircraft participated in the (F)lying display, was (S)tatic, on the (D)ump or was guarding the (G)ate
f/s | Serial | Code | Type | Unit | Comments |
g | TB252 | RR-M | Spitfire LF.XVI | - |
Guarding the gate at RAF Acklington was Spitfire LF.XVI TB252 (Jim Jobe) |
s | PH707 | Anson C.XII | Ouston SF | RAF Ouston |
Anson C.XII from neighbouring RAF Ouston in the Acklington static display (Jim Jobe) |
s | TX171 | Anson C.XIX | Acklington SF | ||
s | WA909 | Meteor F.8 | 66Sqn | Silver c/s | |
s | WJ895 | J | Varsity T.1 | 1ANS | RAF Topcliffe |
Varsity T.1 from 1ANS RAF Topcliffe in the Acklington static display (Jim Jobe) |
s | WK590 | MB | Chipmunk T.10 | Durham UAS | RAF Ouston |
s | WP975 | Chipmunk T.10 | Durham UAS | RAF Ouston |
Durham UAS Chipmunk T.10's in the Acklington static display (Jim Jobe) |
s | WR975 | F | Shackleton MR.3 | 203Sqn |
Shackleton MR.3 from 203Sqn RAF BallyKelly in the Acklington static display (Jim Jobe) |
s | WZ560 | 57 | Vampire T.11 | 1FTS | RAF Linton-on-Ouse (WZ546?) - WZ560 was reported a scr 30/06/60 |
s | XA654 | J | Javelin FAW.5 | 72Sqn | |
f | XE628 | Hunter FGA.9 | |||
s | XF555 | P-K | Provost T.1 | 1FTS | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Provost T.1 from 1FTS RAF Linton-on-Ouse in the Acklington static display (Jim Jobe) |
s | XG153 | L | Hunter F.6 | 66Sqn | |
s | XG266 | R | Hunter F.6 | 66Sqn | |
f | XL110 | Whirlwind HAR.4 | 228Sqn | ||
f | XL113 | Whirlwind HAR.4 | 228Sqn | ||
s | XL620 | Hunter T.7 | 66Sqn |
Hunter T.7 from the based 66Sqn in the Acklington static display (Jim Jobe) |
s | XM372 | 10 | Jet Provost T.3 | 2FTS | |
s | 57-0536 | TR-56 | T-33-5-LO | 48TFW |
T-33 Shooting Star from the 48TFW in the Acklington static display (Jim Jobe) |