Lightning T5 XS452/452 226 OCU. c/n B1/95012.
built
30/6/65, "452" 226 OCU, "T" 11 Sqd, "X" 111 Sqd,
"X" 56 Sqd,
Akrotiri Station Flight (Flamingo on PINK fin, pink-blue nose markings), used APC-detached
UK Lightning squadrons, "Y" 11 Sqd ('C' Flt). First
flight in dark green experimental camouflage.
LTF, lent 5 Sqd, "T" 11 Sqd,
"Z" LTF, "DZ" LTF, "BT" 11 Sqd,
30/6/88 delivered to Cranfield after purchase by Arnold Glass. Subsequently bought by Tony
Hulls and restored at Cranfield. The Aircraft was fast taxied at Cranfield Airshow, and
was later bought by Mike Beacheyhead of Classic Jets in South Africa and registered as ZU-BBD. The aircraft has been resprayed Gloss Black.
9th March 1999. XS452 flys in Cape Town, South Africa.
Picture
Terry Waddington Collection