Date of Delivery - 31 May 1962 ( 1st known show 2 months later )
Struck of Charge - 01 October 1971 as CAT 5(S) at No.27 MU Shawbury,
Fueselage to Hawker Siddeley Aircraft, Hatfield for for tests,
then to Mosquito Museum, London Colney for display,
then to NEAM Sunderland
Information courtesy of www.ukserials.com
| Date | Venue | Pilot | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 1962 | Culdrose | Hugh Rigg | - |
| 7 May 1967 | Lakenheath | - | See photo's below |
| 21 July 1967 | Leeming | Keith Harris | - |
| 22 July 1967 | Arbroath | Keith Harris | - |
| 9 Sept 1967 | Lossiemouth | - | Spotted |
| 16 Sept 1967 | Abingdon | - | Spotted |
| 14 Sept 1968 | Leuchars | - | See Alan Potts photos below |
This great photo was taken at the 1962 Culdrose show by ( & © ) Laurence Bean who was an Air Cadet at this time. The photo was taken on a Brownie 127
Tony Breese ( © ) took this shot of XP627/ 42 parked at the 1962 Culdrose show.
Here's XP627 being flown by John Carver on a training flight for the 1964 GIN Section team.
Here are a couple of great shots, taken by ( & © ) Tony Hancock at Lakenheath in May 1967.
XP627 features in the background on this one.
Here she is again in colour this time :-) I'm afraid I have no date or location for this photo
This shot is from Leuchars in 1968 © Alan Potts
This one is from ( & © ) Tony Breese at the 1968 Leuchars show.
XP627 is now at the North East Aircraft Museum near Sunderland.