Military Aircraft Markings Vintage Serials Update Number 20, April 2018

Military Aircraft Markings Vintage Serials Update number 20, April 2018.

Serial Type (other identity) [code] Owner/operator, location or fate ARGENTINA A-533 FMA IA58 Pucará (ZD486) Privately owned, Chelmsford

BELGIUM H-02 Agusta A109HO (N504TS) Privately owned, Cotswold Airport H-05 Agusta A109HO (N504WG) Privately owned, Cotswold Airport

CANADA 9893 Bristol 149 Bolingbroke IVT Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge

DENMARK E-424 Hawker Hunter F51 (G-9-445) Repainted as WV314

EGYPT 356 Heliopolis Gomhouria Mk 6 Privately owned, stored Ellerton, E Yorks

FRANCE 70 Dassault Mystère IVA [8-NV] Midland Air Museum, Coventry 84 Dassault Mystère IVA [8-NF] Scrapped at Headcorn, 26 February 2018 63938 NA F-100F Super Sabre [11-EZ] Scrapped at Headcorn, 26 February 2018 517692 NA T-28S Fennec (G-TROY) [142] Repainted in US marks as 17692, October 2016

GERMANY Black 2 Hispano HA 1.112M1L Buchón (C.4K-102/G-AWHK) Repainted as Black 8, June 2017 Black 8 Hispano HA 1.112M1L Buchón (C.4K-102/G-AWHK) Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford 425/17 Fokker Dr1 Dreidekker (G-DREI) Privately owned, Felthorpe 20+45 Mikoyan MiG-23BN Privately owned, Danbury, Essex BF+070 CCF T-6J Texan (G-CHYN) Privately owned, Dunkeswell DG+EB CASA 1.131E Jungmann (E.3B-350/G-BHPL) Privately owned, Henstridge

INDIA VP905 Douglas C-47B Skytrain (KN397/G-AMSV) Privately owned, Coventry

MALAYSIA M25-04 SA102 Bulldog (fuselage) Privately owned, Cotswold Airport

THE NETHERLANDS R-156 Piper L-21B Super Cub (54-2446/G-ROVE) Privately owned, Damyn’s Hall R-167 Piper L-21B Super Cub (54-2457/G-LION) Privately owned,

NEW ZEALAND NZ3909 WS Wasp HAS1 (XT782/G-KANZ) To New Zealand, 2018 NZ5911 Bristol 170 Freighter 31M (ZK-EPG) Aerospace Bristol, stored Filton

NORWAY PX-K DH100 Vampire FB6 (LN-DHY) Repainted as VZ305, January 2018 PX-M DH115 Vampire T55 (LN-DHZ) Repainted as WZ447, January 2018

OMAN 853 Hawker Hunter FR10 (XF426) RAF Museum, stored Cosford

RUSSIA (& FORMER SOVIET UNION) 10 r Yakovlev Yak-50 (801810/G-BTZB) Repainted as 18 r, 2018 18 r Yakovlev Yak-50 (801810/G-BTZB) Privately owned, Henstridge 36 r Yakovlev Yak-52 (9111604/G-IUII) Privately owned, St Athan 51 r LET L-29 Delfin (893019/G-BZNT) Sold as LN-RWN, 2018 67 r Yakovlev Yak-52 (822013/G-CBSL) Privately owned, Belgium 86 r Yakovlev Yak-52 (867212/G-YAKC) Privately owned, Henstridge

SAUDI ARABIA 1129 BAC Strikemaster Mk.80A Humberside Airport, on display

SINGAPORE 311 BAC Strikemaster Mk.84 (G-MXPH) Privately owned, Leeds East

SPAIN E.3B-350 CASA 1.131E Jungmann (G-BHPL) [05-97] Repainted as DG+EB, February 2018

SWEDEN 32542 SAAB J 32B Lansen (SE-RMD) [23] Swedish Air Force Historic Flt, Såtenäs, Sweden 35810 SAAB Sk 35C Draken (SE-DXP) [79] Swedish Air Force Historic Flt, Såtenäs, Sweden

SWITZERLAND J-1573 DH112 Venom FB50 (G-VICI) Privately owned, Glos J-1712 DH112 Venom FB54 Sold to New Zealand, 2017 J-1790 DH112 Venom FB54 (G-BLKA/WR410) Historic Aviation Centre, Fishburn J-4083 Hawker Hunter F58 (G-EGHH) Sold to Canada, December 2017

USA 27 Boeing-Stearman N2S-3 Kaydet (4304/G-CJYK) Privately owned, Enstone 286 Boeing-Stearman N2S-4 Kaydet (55749/N10053) Privately owned, Streethay, Staffs 985 Boeing-Stearman PT-13D Kaydet (42-16930/OO-OPS) Privately owned, Brasschaat, Belgium 1102 Boeing-Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet (43449/G-AZLE) [102] Privately owned, Compton Abbas 4826 Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (42-16663/G-CJIN) [582] Privately owned, Enstone 17692 NA T-28S Fennec (51-7692/G-TROY) [TL-692] Privately owned, Duxford 51970 NA AT-6D Texan (41-33888/G-TXAN) [V-970] Privately owned, Aalen, Germany 80105 Replica SE5a (PH-WWI/G-CCBN) [19] Privately owned, White Waltham 236657 Piper L-4A Grasshopper (42-36657/G-BGSJ) [72-D] Privately owned, Langport, Somerset 329405 Piper L-4H Grasshopper (43-29405/G-BCOB) [23-A] Privately owned, Bicester 413573 NA P-51D Mustang (44-73415/9133M/N6526D) [B6-V] RAF Museum, stored Cosford 413704 NA P-51D Mustang (44-73149/G-BTCD) [B7-H] Sold to Turkey, January 2018 464005 NA P-51D Mustang (44-64005/N51CK) [E9-Z] Privately owned, Sywell 472922 NA TF-51D Mustang (44-72922/PH-VDF) [L2-W] Privately owned, Brasschaat, Belgium 479878 Piper L-4H Grasshopper (44-79878/G-BEUI) [MF] Privately owned, Yarcombe, Devon 5-666 Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIb (KF435) Maidenhead Heritage Centre 22-296 Eberhardt SE5E Replica (G-BLXT) Privately owned, Sywell 80-219 Fairchild GA-10A Thunderbolt (80-0219) [WR] Bentwaters Cold War Museum 86-180 McD F-15A Eagle (74-0131) [LN] RAF Lakenheath, on display (starboard side only, painted as 86-169 on port side)

YUGOSLAVIA 30146 Soko P-2 Kraguj (G-BSXD) [146] Privately owned, Fishburn

Notes: 1. Bristol Freighter NZ5911 has returned to the UK by sea and is currently in storage pending restoration. 2. Lightning F53 ZF579 has recently been repainted in Saudi markings and indeed has had its engines run for the first time in many years. 3. All the changes in this update are included in MAM2018.

Credits: Glyn Coney, Ben Dunnell, Peter R March, David Thompson, Aerodata Quantum+, ‘FlyPast’ magazine, Mil Spotters’ Forum, Planebase NG, Mick Boulanger/Wolverhampton Aviation Group.