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CMF Chinook Maintenance Flight at RAF Odiham
CMU Combined Maintenance & Upgrade Programme at RAF
Marham
DHFS Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury
DCTT Defence College of Technical Training at Lyneham
EGUB Pool 33/230sq pool at RAF Benson
GMS Glider Maintenance Section at RAF Syerston
Leonardo Leonardo Finnmeccanica at Yeovil
MDMF Merlin Depth Maintenance Facility at RNAS Culdrose
MPSU Multi-Platform Support Unit at Middle Wallop
Marshalls Marshalls at Cambridge
Membury Membury Southern Sailplanes at Membury
P2MF Puma HC2 Maintenance Facility at RAF Benson
QAF QinetiQ Air Fleet at QinetiQ Boscombe Down
TASF Tornado Aircraft Service Flight at RAF Marham
TMU Typhoon Maintenance Unit at RAF Coningsby
TST Tornado Servicing Team at RAF Marham
SAA StandardAero Aviation at Fleetlands
WCM Wildcat Contracting Maintenance at RNAS Yeovilton
WST Wildcat Storage at RNAS Yeovilton
Royal Air Force (AF)
Atlas C1
ZM402 Airbus Mil. ex 24/70sq 017 feb18
ZM407 Airbus Mil. ex 24/70sq 026 feb18
ZM412 24/70sq ex Airbus Mil. 042 feb18
ZM413 Airbus Mil. ex 24/70sq 045 jan18
ZM415 1312Flt ex 24/70sq 052 mar18
Beech B200
ZK451 to G-RAFK ex 45(R)sq/K BB-1830 mar18
ZK452 to G-RAFL ex 45(R)sq/L BB-1832 mar18
ZK455 to G-RAFO ex 45sq/O BB-1836 mar18
ZK456 to G-RAFP ex 45sq/P BB-1837 mar18
Beech B200GT
ZK458 to G-RAFD ex 45sq/D BY-32 mar18
ZK459 to G-RAFX ex 45sq/X BY-36 mar18
ZK460 to G-RAFU ex 45sq/U BY-90 mar18
Chinook HC4
ZA670/AA 28sq ex SAA M7032 mar18
ZA674 EGDM ex 28sq/AD M7004 mar18
ZA675 EGDM ex 28sq/AE M7009 mar18
ZA677 SAA ex 28sq/AF M7012 mar18
ZA679 EGDM ex 28sq/AG M7014 mar18
ZA707/AO 28sq ex CMF M7025 mar18
ZA710 SAA ex 28sq/(AR) M7003 mar18
ZA714 SAA ex 28sq/(AV) M7005 mar18
Chinook HC5
ZH897 CMF ex QAF/(HL) M4476 mar18
ZH899 CMF ex 18(B)sq/(HN) M4478 mar18
ZH904 QAF ex SAA M4483 feb18
Chinook HC6
ZK553 7sq ex CMF M7704 jan18
ZK556 7sq ex SAA M7707 mar18
ZK557 SAA ex 7sq M7708 mar18
ZK561 CMF ex 7sq M7712 mar18
ZK563 7sq ex QAF M7714 mar18
Chinook HC6A
ZD574/(DB) 18(B)sq, ex EGDM (conversion) M7021 mar18
ZD982 18(B)sq, ex EGDM (conversion) M7019 mar18
ZH895 CMF ex 27sq/HJ M4468 mar18
Chipmunk T10
WG486/E BoBMF ex coded G C1/0536 mar18
This aircraft was repainted at Duxford and returned to RAF
Coningsby on 6 March 2018. It used to be in gloss black c/s
and coded “G”. It now is grey with dayglow areas and coded
“E” high in the vertical fin and below the cockpit.
Griffin HT1
ZJ234 std EGHH ex DHFS/S 36144 mar18
ZJ235 std EGHH ex DHFS/I 36151 mar18
ZJ236 std EGHH ex DHFS/X 36145 mar18
ZJ237 std EGHH ex DHFS/T 36156 mar18
ZJ238 std EGHH ex DHFS/Y 36162 mar18
ZJ239 std EGHH ex 202sq/R 36125 mar18
ZJ707 std EGHH ex DHFS/O 36297 mar18
ZJ708 std EGHH ex DHFS/K 36301 mar18Both ZJ240 and ZJ242 were flown out to Newquay-Cornwall
Airfield on 20 March 2018. These were the last Griffin
helicopters to leave RAF Shawbury.
Griffin HAR2
ZJ703 EGVP ex EGHH 36296 jan18
Hawk T1A
XX189/CR 100sq ex 736NAS/189 312036 jan18
XX204 Red Arrows w/o 20mar18 312051
XX227 wfu 16feb18 ex Red Arrows 312063 feb18
XX255/CB 100sq ex 100sq/255 312091 jan18
XX285/CK 100sq ex 736NAS/CK 312110 jan18During January 2018, both XX205 and XX285 were active with
100sq (RAF Leeming) coded CK. Also, both XX189 and XX303
were active coded CR. What was described as the last of the
original Red Arrows Hawk was retired on 16 February 2018.
The aircraft has been placed in storage at RAF Scampton
awaiting its faith.
Hercules C4
ZH873/873 24/30/47sq w/o ..aug17 5457Damaged beyond repair in a heavy landing at Erbil (Iraq),
after a long time of storage and damage assessment the air-
craft is currently being stripped for spares and the remains
will be scrapped.
Juno HT1
ZM525/25 Ascent ex Airbus Hel. 2031 feb18
ZM526/26 Ascent ex Airbus Hel. 2032 feb18
ZM527/27 Ascent ex Airbus Hel. 2033 feb18
ZM530/30 Ascent ex Airbus Hel. 2040 mar18
ZM531/31 Ascent ex Airbus Hel. 2042 mar18
Puma HC2
XW209 EGUB Pool ex P2MF 1096 feb18
ZA936 P2MF ex EGUB Pool 1640 mar18
ZJ954 EGUB Pool ex P2MF 1310 feb18
ZJ956 P2MF ex EGUB Pool 1374 mar18
Squirrel HT1
ZJ255 std EGHH ex DHFS/55 2951 feb18
ZJ257 std EGHH ex DHFS/57 2973 mar18
ZJ261 std EGHH ex DHFS/61 2986 mar18
ZJ262 std EGHH ex DHFS/62 2993 feb18
ZJ264 std EGHH ex DHFS/64 2992 mar18
ZJ265 std EGHH ex DHFS/65 2995 mar18
ZJ267 std EGHH ex DHFS/67 2996 mar18
ZJ268 std EGHH ex DHFS/68 2997 mar18
ZJ270 std EGHH ex DHFS/70 3000 feb18
ZJ271 std EGHH ex DHFS/71 3003 mar18
ZJ272 std EGHH ex DHFS/72 3005 mar18
ZJ273 std EGHH ex DHFS/73 3006 mar18
ZJ274 std EGHH ex DHFS/74 3008 feb18
ZJ276 std EGHH ex DHFS/76 3014 mar18
ZJ277 std EGHH ex DHFS/77 3017 mar18
ZJ278 std EGHH ex DHFS/78 3019 feb18
ZJ279 std EGHH ex DHFS/79 3021 mar18
ZJ280 std EGHH ex DHFS/80 3022 mar18Of these, ZJ257 was registered as G-BXDJ on 16mar18, while
on the same date ZJ261 was registered as G-BXGJ and ZJ276
as G-BXLE.
Squirrel HT2
ZJ251 std EGHH ex DHFS/51 3042 mar18
Tornado GR4
ZA447 i/a 1SoTT ex std CMU 235 mar18
ZA459 i/a 1SoTT ex 9(B)sq/025 264 mar18
ZA463/028 31sq ex 9(B)sq/028 273 feb18
ZA469 pres Duxford ex i/a EGYM 288 mar18
ZA472 std TST ex 31sq/031 295 mar18
ZA553 std CMU ex 31sq/045 070 mar18
ZA588 i/a EGXC ex 31sq/056 098 mar18
ZA591/058 31sq ex 9(B)sq/058 104 feb18
ZA597/063 31sq ex CMU 116 feb18
ZA597 TST ex 31sq/063 116 mar18