GIN Section aircraft - XR668 / 45

Date of Delivery - 08 June 1963 ( 1st known show 1 month later )
Sold as Scrap - 22 November 1971 at No.27 MU Shawbury to B A Taylor, West Bromwich ( Last known show 5 years earlier )

Information courtesy of www.ukserials.com



This aircraft was regularly used by Pete Jarvis. See below for more details.

Date Venue Pilot Notes
20 July 1963 Brawdy Hugh Rigg -
10 August 1963 Lee on Solent Hugh Rigg -
27 June 1964 Yeovilton Terry Thornton -
27 August 1966 Lossiemouth - spotted
27 August 1966 Lossiemouth - spotted
5 August 1967 Newcastle - spotted






Here's s 1963 training shot from 7 August 1963 showing XR668/45 leading the team.




Here it is in colour. Date / Location unknown.




As well as the bird strike on XR668/45, notice the "Flt. Lt. P.D. Jarvis" name applied to the aircrafts nose - This aircraft was regularly used by Pete Jarvis ( Linton-on-Ouse Solo aerobatics representative from 1963 - 1966). When Pete left the RAF in 1967 the frame was almost at the end of its fatigue life. Pete doesn't remember this bird strike, so I assume a student was flying the aircraft at the time. - Photo Courtesy ( & © ) David Mulford



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