Scramble Magazine — August 2017

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Atlas C1
ZM411 Airbus Military ex 24/70sq 039 may17
ZM412 Airbus Military ex 24/70sq 042 jul17
ZM415 24/70sq ex Airbus Military 052 jun17

Chinook HC4
ZA670/(AA) 18(B)sq ex CMF M7032 jun17
ZA682 CMF ex 18(B)sq/AJ M7008 jun17
ZA675/(AE) 18(B)sq ex 27sq/(AE) M7009 jul17
ZA707 CMF ex 27sq/AO M7025 jun17
ZA711 CMF ex 27sq/(AS) M7026 jun17
ZD575 Vector Aerosp. ex 27sq/DC M7023 jun17
ZD981 Vector Aerosp. ex 28(R)sq/DE M7029 jun17
ZD983 EGDM ex 18(B)sq/DG M7022 jul17

With the delivery of ZD983 to QinetiQ Boscombe Down, there

now are ten Chinook HC4 helicopters undergoing conversion

to HC6A standard. For the record, these are the helicopters

involved: ZD982, ZD983, ZD984, ZH776, ZH888, ZH892, ZH893,

ZH894, ZH895 and ZH896.

Chinook HC5
ZH899/(HN) 27sq ex Vector Aerosp. M4478 jun17
ZH903/(HR) 27sq ex Vector Aerosp. M4482 jun17

Chinook HC6
ZK550 CMF ex 7sq M7701 jul17
ZK557 CMF ex 7sq M7708 jun17
ZK559 CMF ex 7sq M7710 jun17
ZK563 7sq ex CMF M7714 jun17

Hawk T1
XX244 Red Arrows ex std EGOS 312080 mar17

Hawk T1A
XX204 Red Arrows ex std EGOS 312051 jul17
XX263 std EGOS ex std EGOV 312099 jun17

Hurricane IIc

For the 2017 display season, the BoBMF decided to repaint

Spitfire P7350 and Hurricane LF363 in new colours honoring

four surviving Battle of Britain pilots who still are alive. Each

aircraft has been painted in different markings on each side.

Special temporary paint has been used which can easily be

removed again. For the Hurricane the port side of the air-

craft now carries code GN-F. This was originally worn by two

249sq Hurricanes piloted by Tom Neil: P3616 and V7313. Both

were lost during the battle while piloted by other pilots, but

Tom Neil in total flew 141 sorties during the Battle of Britain.

He was credited with twelve confirmed kills and four shared

ones. Tom Neil retired from the RAF as a Wing Commander

and has now reached the age of 96 years. The starboard side

of the Hurricane is coded SB-A in honor of Paul Farnes. He

flew Hurricane P2760 with this code while assigned to 501sq.

The aircraft was shot down over Ashford on 15 September

1940, At that point in time it was piloted by Belgian P/O

Albert van den Hove d’Ertsenryck who sadly lost his life. Paul

Farnes was credited with six confirmed kills, two shared kills,

two probables and eleven damaged. He too retired from the

RAF as Wing Commander and is now 98 years old.

Jupiter HT1

ZM502/02 DHFS ex Airbus Hel. 20133 jul17

Civil registration G-CJIV which was temporary allocated to

ZM500/00 was cancelled on 17 July 2017. No confirmation

was received before the deadline of this edition, but most

likely it was delivered to DHFS at RAF Shawbury as well (ex

Airbus Helicopters at Kidlington).

Juno HT1

ZM505/05 DHFS ex Airbus Hel. 2002 may17

ZM511/11 DHFS, ex G-CJUC (Airbus Hel.) 2010 jun17

ZM514/14 DHFS, ex G-CJXV (Airbus Hel.) 2014 jul17

ZM516/16 reg as G-CJZS 2016 jul17

ZM517/17 Airbus Hel. as G-CJZT 2018 jul17

Civil registration G-CJXS which was temporary allocated to

ZM512/12 was cancelled on 1 June 2017. As far as we know,

the helicopter remained with Airbus Helicopters at Kidling-

ton until at least mid-July 2017.

F-35B Lightning II

ZM145 LMTAS f/f 06jun17 BK-11 jun17

Lancaster I

The famous Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BoBMF) Lan-

caster PA474 has recently returned from a major overhaul,

during which it was also painted in new colours. The port side

of the aircraft has been painted in the colours of 460(RAAF)

sq, complete with tactical code AR-L. This represents Lancas-

ter W5005 which completed ninety-four sorties during the

Second World War. Eventually, it would ditch in the Humber

estuary upon return from a raid on Kiel (Germany). This took

place on 27 August 1944 while assigned to 550sq as BQ-N. All

on board managed to evacuate from the aircraft safely. The

starboard side of the aircraft is painted in the colours of 50sq,

with tactical code VN-T. This represents LL922, which was

shot down by a Luftwaffe Bf109 on the night of 7-8 August

1944. The aircraft was on a mission bombing German posi-

tions near Secquevile (France) and crashed near La Frenaya

(France). Three on board were killed, a fourth became Pris-

Seen at the non public Italian Air Force 100 year Gruppo Caccia celebrations at Grosseto on 26 June 2017, F-35A MM7336/32-05 was photographed

banking after take-off. Probably a type we will not see in ‘special’ anniversary colours. (Dietmar Fenners)