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oner of War (POW) and the remaining three managed to
evade captivity. On a side note, the grandfather of the current
BoBMF commanding officer flew thirty-three operational
sorties in LL922 during the Second World War.
Phenom 100
(ZM334) del to EGYD as PR-PHK 50000375 jul17
Prefect T1
G-CJZI reg 02jun17 del 07jun17 11122
G-CJZF reg 02jun17 del 07jun17 11123
G-CKCO reg 30jun17 del 05jul17 11127
G-CKCS reg 30jun17 del 05jul17 11128
All four were delivered to RAF Cranwell, and most likely they
will take up registrations ZM307 until ZM310 in due course.
These tie-ups however are not yet confirmed!
Spitfire IIa
As written under the header “Hurricane”, the Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight also applied new markings on Spitfire P7350.
The starboard side of this aircraft has been repainted in
honor of Ken Wilkinson. He was assigned to 19sq and flew in a
Spitfire coded QV-E. He retired from the RAF as Flying Officer
and has now reached the age of 98 years. The port side of this
Spitfire is coded QJ-G, in honor of Geoffrey Wellum. He was
one of the youngest pilots to participate in the battle which
started when he was 19 years old. Assigned to 92sq, he was
credited three confirmed kills, four probables and several
damaged. Currently Geoffrey Wellum is 95 years old.
Texan II (T-6C)
ZM323 del to Kidlington on 10jul17 (N2824B) PM-110 jul17
Tornado GR4
ZA447 std CMU ex 31sq/019 235 jun17
ZA453 std EGXE ex 12(B)sq/022 249 jun17
ZA462/027 12(B)sq ex 31sq/027 271 jun17
ZA472/031 9(B)sq ex 31sq/031 295 jun17
ZA473 std EGXE ex 31sq/032 298 jun17
ZA546/038 31sq ex 9(B)sq/038 058 jul17
ZA548 std EGXE ex 31sq/040 061 jun17
ZA553/045 12(B)sq ex 31sq/045 070 jul17
ZA554 TASF(S) ex 31sq/046 071 jun17
ZA585/054 31sq ex 12(B)sq/054 091 jul17
ZA587 CMU ex 31sq/055 096 jun17
ZD716/084 9(B)sq ex 31sq/084 341 jun17
ZG775/134 9(B)sq ex TAF(S) 907 jun17
ZG779/136 9(B)sq ex 31sq/136 911 jun17
Tornado GR4A
ZA370/004 9(B)sq ex TAF(S) 168 jun17
Tutor T1
G-BYUR N.Ireland UAS ex E.of Scotland UAS 82102E jun17
Typhoon T3
ZK379/379 41(TES)sq ex 41(TES)sq/379 BT024 jul17
ZJ803/803 std EGQS see note BT004 jun17
ZJ804/804 XI(F)sq ex 29(R)sq/803 BT005 may17
ZJ809/809 std EGQS see note BT010 jun17
ZJ812/812 29(R)sq ex 29(R)sq/BK BT013 jul17
ZK303/AX 41(TES)sq ex BAE EGNO BT017 jun17
ZK382/382 29(R)sq ex 29(R)sq/BG BT027 jul17
MAR reports both ZJ803/803 and ZJ809/809 as in short term
storage at RAF Lossiemouth pending induction into the
Return To Parts (RTP) line at RAF Coningsby. They appear to
still fly occasionally, but were last reported to us as on active
squadron service in April 2017. At that point in time ZJ803
was assigned to 6sq and ZJ809 to 1(F)sq.
Typhoon FGR4
ZJ912/912 3(F)sq ex 3(F)sq/DR BS003 jul17
ZJ917/917 XI(F)sq ex XI(F)sq/DG BS008 jul17
ZJ919/919 6sq ex 6sq/DC BS010 jun17
ZJ931/DA II(AC)sq ex 3(F)sq/DA BS022 jun17
ZJ935/935 XI(F)sq ex TMU BS026 jul17
ZK304/FM XI(F)sq ex 3(F)sq/FM BS055 may17
ZK307/307 XI(F)sq ex TMU BS058 may17
ZK311/N XI(F)sq ex 6sq/N BS064 may17
ZK314/EO 6sq ex II(AC)sq/EO BS071 jun17
ZK316/316 1(F)sq ex TMU BS075 jun17
ZK317/317 1(F)sq ex 6sq/317 BS078 jun17
ZK318/318 6sq ex 6sq/FG BS079 jun17
ZK323/C 1(F)sq ex II(AC)sq/C BS084 jun17
ZK329/329 II(AC)sq ex 1(F)sq/329 BS090 jun17
ZK333/- 1(F)sq ex 6sq/- BS094 jun17
ZK335/335 41(TES)sq ex 41(TES)sq/EB-G BS096 jul17
ZK343/- 29(R)sq ex II(AC)sq/- BS104 jul17
ZK347/347 II(AC)sq ex TMU BS108 jun17
ZK351/351 6sq ex 6sq/BU BS112 jun17
ZK366/- XI(F)sq ex TMU BS127 jul17
ZK368/368 XI(F)sq ex II(AC)sq/368 BS129 jul17
ZK371 TMU ex BAE EGNO BS132 jul17
ZK372/BB 1(F)sq ex 6sq/BB BS133 jul17
ZK378 TMU ex BAE EGNO BS139 jul17
Early May 2017, ZJ916/S was damaged in the paint shop at
RAF Coningsby by Serco personnel. It is reported that the air-
craft requires a replacement wing.
Vigilant T1
ZH271/SD 645VGS ex ACCGS/SD 6576 jun17
ZH890/SE ACCGS ex Marshalls 6578 jun17
For the 100 year Gruppo Caccia celebrations at Grosseto, several F-2000s were seen with special paint schemes, one of which was MM7293/37-18.
This 18 Gruppo Eurofighter is based at Trapani/Birgi. (25 June 2017, Dietmar Fenners)
