GIN Section aircraft - XR672 / 43

Date of Delivery - 06 June 1963 ( 1st known show 1 month later )
Struck of Charge - 14 June 1976 and transported to No.1 SoTT Halton for G.I. as 8495M,
Scrapped 2008 ( Last known show 39 years earlier )

Information courtesy of www.ukserials.com




Date Venue Pilot Notes
20 July 1963 Brawdy - See Tony Breese's photo below
27 July 1963 Culdrose Terry Thornton See Tony Breese's photo below
22 July 1967 Arbroath - Spotted
30 Sept 1967 Prestwick - spotted - See Colin Lourie's photo below
16 May 1968 Wattisham - spotted - See NA3T photo below
14 May 1969 Perth Joe Whitfield -
24 May 1969 Halton Dave Waddington -
14 June 1969 Upper Heyford - spotted - See NA3T photo below
& Phil Pains Photo
28 June 1969 York Al Colesky -
23 July 1969 Arbroath - Spotted
26 July 1969 Peterhead Joe Whitfield -





Tony Breese (©) took this photo, clearly showing XR672 / 43 at the Brawdy show, 20 July 1963.




And a week later Tony Breese (©) took this photo of XR672 / 43 at the Culdrose show on 27 July 1963.




Here's s 1963 training shot from 7 August 1963 showing XR672/43 in the team.



Here are a couple of shots from 1964.

f-l-t-r Simon Thomas, Terry Thornton, John Carver


This picture shows a training flight for the 1964 GIN Section team.



This photo was taken at the 1967 Prestwick show by ( & © ) Colin Lourie.


This one was taken at Wattisham show 16 May 1968.



She was also used for some publicity shots in 1969



This photo was taken by & © Philip Pain, at the Upper Heyford Show in June 1969.







It looks like XR672 may have gone on to become a Macaws JP. This link to a German forum lists XR672 landing as a Macaws aircraft in Wildenrath on 31 August 1973.




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