Battle of Britain at Home Day -
Thornaby 14/09/1957
Credit - Brian Jones & J Kendrick
Thornaby held its last Battle of Britain at Home day in 1957, the station was closed down in 1958
The letter in the first column denotes whether the aircraft participated in the (f)lying display, was (s)tatic, on the (d)ump, guarding the (g)ate or was (h)angared
f/s | Serial | Code | Type | Unit | Comments |
h | TB382 | Spitfire LF.XVI | 7244M | ||
h | WF813 | Meteor T.7 | |||
s | XA647 | B | Javelin FAW.4 | 151Sqn | |
s | WJ469 | O | Valetta | 228OCU | |
s | XH118 | Beverley | Dishforth Wing | ||
s | WN509 | Y | Balliol T.2 | ||
s | XH296 | S | Vampire T.11 | ||
s | WV580 | D-K | Provost T.1 | Cranwell | |
s | TA664 | X | Mosquito TT.35 | 3CAACU | |
s | XG232 | G | Hunter F.6 | 92Sqn | |
s | WS798 | A | Meteor NF.14 | 264Sqn | |
s | VZ637 | Meteor T.7 | |||
s | VL357 | Anson C.19 | |||
s | 0-486249 | KB-29 | |||
s | 23580 | AP-580 | F-86A Sabre | ||
f | XD679 | Q-H | Jet Provost T.1 | 2FTS | |
f | WD304 | L | Chipmunk T.10 | ||
f | WP928 | D | Chipmunk T.10 | 'Army' | |
f | XG225 | M | Hunter F.6 | 92Sqn | |
f | WF703 | Meteor F.8 | All silver | ||
f | WK807 | Meteor F.8 | Western Sector Flight | ||
f | WE876 | Meteor F.8 | |||
f | WL347 | Meteor T.7 | |||
f | WL419 | Meteor T.7 | |||
f | WK741 | 17 | Meteor F(T).8 | 4FTS | RAF Worksop Display Team |
f | WF662 | 22 | Meteor F(T).8 | 4FTS | RAF Worksop Display Team |
f | WF829 | 10 | Meteor T.7 | 4FTS | RAF Worksop Display Team |
f | WL478 | 6 | Meteor T.7 | 4FTS | RAF Worksop Display Team |
f | WN316 | 8 | Meteor T.7 | 4FTS | RAF Worksop Display Team (reserve) |
f | XL821 | Sycamore HR.14 | |||
f | XL823 | Sycamore HR.14 | |||
f | XD873 | Valiant B.1 | |||
f | XK663 | Comet C.2 | |||
f | ? | Vulcan | |||
f | ? | Shackleton | |||
f | ? | 4 x F-100 |