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Varsity T1 WF408 arrived by road from Cosford 08/10/92, for use as a fire trainer. It remained tail-less, parked near the tower. The engines and wings were removed in early 10/98 and the hulk departed by lorry on 14/10/98 to it's new owner, Sabre Securities of East Grinstead for use as a trainer. The engines were taken to Booker airfield and the props sold on to Pinewood film studios. |
Having been present for several years, Varsity WF408 departed by trailer, the event illustrated in the following photo's: |
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Argosy XR137 in camo scheme after being accidentally burnt (MS) |
Argosy E1 XR137 arrived 10/01/78 in the above scheme as 'RRR860' for use as a fire trainer. The aircraft was painted in a camoflage scheme for the filming of the James Bond film 'Octopussy'. It was burnt by mistake whilst filming The South Bank Show on the life of Roald Dahl who was a ex Hurricane pilot. The fire service were apparently pleased because they did not like training on a high winged aircraft but the base commander was not. It became an unsafe structure and was scrapped soon after, having gone by 10/06/1987 |
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Andover E1 XS605 was parked near the tower, wearing markings applied for 115sqn's 75th anniversity. It arrived in February 1995, (first noted 24/2/95). Aircraft was kept intact until it was broken up in late October 1997 as the following sequence of photographs illustrate.... |
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| Serial | Model | Details |
| WJ915/W | Varsity T1 | 
Arrived 21/08/75, burnt out on fire dump by 10/78 |
| VP973 | Devon C1 | 
Fuselage Arr. 10/02/77, Used as a ground trainer |
| TG513 | Hastings C1A | Arr. 26/09/75, destroyed on the fire dump by 1977 |
| VP976 | Devon C2/2 | 
Noted tail-less on the fire dump 01/78 and 01/92. Had gone by mid October 1992. |
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arrived from Jersey, first noted on dump June 1991. Noted in overall dark brown scheme October 1992. |
