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Scramble 468
53-423 95316 (first flight 11sep69)
Presently with no code. Serial presented as “53-421”. Gate Guard, Ali Al Salem airbase.
Lightning T55K
55-410 95023 (first flight 1967)
Presently with no tail. 410 presented Arabic style on nose. Although most parts of 410 are dismantled the airframe can be found
“completely in separate parts” at Ali Al Salem airbase. The front fuselage is in use as a Fire Instructional airframe.
55-411 95029 (first flight 1969)
Presently with no code. 411 presented Arabic style. Preserved KAF Museum, Al Mubarak/Nawaf Ahmad AB.
The non-survivors
53-413 95299 (first flight 13sep68)
Written off in 1975 under unknown circumstances (wherea-
bouts airframe unknown) See note.
53-414 95307 (first flight 21nov69)
Written off and aircraft destroyed (crashed 10 April 1971)
53-419 95312 (first flight 20may69)
Written off and aircraft destroyed (crashed 2 August 1971).
Note: As history books confirm that 53-420 was involved in
a severe accident and that the airframe of the 53-413 went
missing after being written off it cannot be ruled out that the
preserved Lightning at the Shuwaikh Educational Technol-
ogy Campus in Kuwait City is in fact 53-413.
