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Post by alanjohnlew on Jan 14, 2019 13:24:30 GMT
I wonder if any of you can help. I attended a summer camp with 1075 Sqn ATC (Camberley) in Sept. 1967 at RAF West Raynham. We all had air experience flights in a Chipmunk. I noted the serial of it as WG 549 but I'm certain this is a mistake, probably caused by my rewriting my notes a couple of times. There was another Chippy on the station which I my notes show as WG548, the two aircraft definately had consecutive numbers. Anyone got any idea what the correct ID of these two aircraft were?
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Post by davidkeeble on Jan 14, 2019 14:02:19 GMT
Anglia Aeronews dated September 1967 reported Chipmunk WB549 as a visitor to West Raynham on 17th August 1967, but nothing relevent noted for September.
Regards
David
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Post by alanjohnlew on Jan 14, 2019 14:25:05 GMT
That sounds right David, it was late Aug or early Sept. A case of dodgy handwriting by my 14 year old self
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Post by alanjohnlew on Jan 15, 2019 12:45:56 GMT
Anglia Aeronews dated September 1967 reported Chipmunk WB549 as a visitor to West Raynham on 17th August 1967, but nothing relevent noted for September. Regards David I thought this might be the solution until I Googled WB549. This was the first Chipmunk built in UK and spent it's "military" career allocated to the Empire Test Pilot's School, never taken onto RAF strength so unlikely to be giving AEFs at West Raynham. |
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Post by davidkeeble on Jan 15, 2019 13:26:33 GMT
Sorry if I gave you false hope alanjohn. I've had another search of Anglia Aeronews for 1967, but the only thing that caught my eye was the fact that WB569 was used by 5 AEF from Cambridge at that time.
Good hunting
David
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Post by trevdav on Jan 16, 2019 11:28:59 GMT
I can also confirm that WB569 / T was with 5AEF at Cambridge on 6-1-1968 as, looking at my A.T.C. Record of Service book now, I notice I did 27 mins in it on 6-1-1968.
I also note that I flew in Chipmunk '365 from Shawbury on 26-7-67
Chipmunk '744 from Cambridge on 23-9-67 5 AEF ? &
Chipmunk '858 from Ouston on 13-8-68 11AEF ??
Can anybody confirm the AEF's involved & any code's that may have been worn by these Chippie's at those times please?
Trev Davies
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Post by davidkeeble on Jan 16, 2019 13:31:47 GMT
Trev
The following snippet was extracted from Anglia Aeronews dated August 1968:
Northumberland UAS Chipmunks WB548, WD310, WG470, WP975, WZ849 and WZ858 were at West Raynham for four weeks prior to 26.7, leaving on that date for Ouston.
Sorry, no codes quoted.
David
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Post by trevdav on Jan 17, 2019 19:15:12 GMT
Many thanks for that David. I'll keep looking then.
Thanks again for the reply
Trev
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