Royal Air Force Northolt
Hawker Siddeley Andover
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Andover CC2 XS794 on the Northolt ramp (ML)


Serial  Model  C/No Arrived Fate 
XS597 Andover C1 1575/Set 4  1976  op by 60 Sqn late 80's/early 90's,  ret to 32 Sqn 04/82 . Noted carrying 'Burandan Airways' titles for a film on 13/12/79. Stored at Shawbury by 1994, to G-BVNJ/3D-ATS. 
XS637 Andover C1 Set 21  ex 60sqn 04/92 to Shawbury store mid 1992, then G-BVNK/9Q-CJJ
XS639 Andover E3A Set 23  04/09/75 to 115 sqn for a long period, ret to 32 Sqn, noted May '92 still in 115 sqn scheme, noted in open storage 12/93,  finally dep 13/07/94 to 1 SoTT Cosford as an instructional frame. 
XS643 Andover E3A Set 27  ex 115sqn mid '92   noted May '92 in 115 sqn scheme, became the first Andover repainted in the grey scheme in September 1192, finally to A&AEE 06/06/94
XS644 Andover E3A  Set 28 mid 1992 noted May '92 in red 115sqn scheme, repainted in light grey scheme between 22/2/93 and 31/3/93, noted 1/6/94 and dep 14/06/94 as VR-BOI to Kenya.
XS789 Andover CC2 1561  Aug '86 ex TQF first CC2 to be repainted in grey scheme by Lovaux at Bournemouth, arriving back 18/2/93. Retired 31/03/95 TT14,847 hours, dep to Southend 21/4, to D2-MAG/9L-LBF 
XS790 Andover CC2 1562  ex TQF to DRA Boscombe Down
XS791 Andover CC2 1563 1976  noted in open storage 12/93, wings removed and departed by road 22/3/95, to St Athan 1/94, eventually to Bruntingthorpe
XS792 Andover CC2  1564  . retired 31/03/95, to G-BVZS rgd 8/3/95, to Arch Aviation, Nairobi then 5Y-IAK
XS793 Andover CC2  1565  08/87 ex TQF held in open storage near the tower 10/92 following a heavy landing in Germany whilst operating for CinC, RAFG, dep to 2 SoTT at Cosford 23/04/93 as 'RRR726' , serial '9178M'
XS794 Andover CC2  1566  . noted in open storage 11/93, retired 31/03/95 TT12,772 hrs, dep to Sourhend 21/4, to D2-MAF/9L-LBG 
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Andover CC2 in the Queens Flight scheme 
The CC2 was basically a HS748, whereas the C1/E3 was a stretched version. The Andover was withdrawn from service at Northolt on 31st March 1995 with a flypast of XS789 and XS792 using the callsign 'Blue Formation'.During 1992, XS639, XS643 and XS644 were used by the Falcons parachute display team, in the red 115 sqn scheme, while being described as 'a 115 sqn aircraft crewed by 32 sqn'! When XS643 and 644 were repainted into the grey scheme the Falcons appeared to prefer to use 639 due to it's high visibility.
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Andover C1 XS597 pictured in it's 60 Sqn days, and right 
the 32sqn scheme was the same except for the tail emblem

Andover C1 XS644 pictured in the grey scheme (MS)

XS597 departs (MS).

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