Clive Pattle's Photo Gallery

Total 7,453 photos. 29 in this folder.  Contact Photographer

Aircraft and airport photos are sorted separately. Airport photos always shown after aircraft photos.

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G-BEDF 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, c/n 8693
Scanned from print. B-17 G-BEDF in her 'Sally B' silver scheme lifts off from RNAS Yeovilton in August '78 during the Air Day.
XS888 1966 Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA268
Scanned from print. Out of service Wessex HAS.1 XS888 coded 521-CU of the Aircraft Engineering School, HMS Daedalus, trailer mounted at RNAS Yeovilton August 1979. This a/c was listed as being with the Guernsey Fire Section in 2011
XS480 1963 Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA154
, Bardufoss Airport , 1980-03-15
Scanned from print. 845 NAS Wessex HU.5 XS480 coded VL-Z pictured on ops in Norway flying from RNoAF Bardufoss (ENDU). This a/c destroyed Falklands War May '82 on MV Atlantic Conveyor when ship sunk by exocet. Red Cross show 'Red' in Red v Blue Exercise.
XT451 1965 Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA273
Print scan - apols for poor qual - submitted for historical purposes - Wessex HU.5 XT451 coded V-L/B of 846 NAS with XS520 V-O/B and XS480 V-T/B pictured on training detachment to Okehampton, Devon in June '79
XT451 1965 Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA273
Scanned from print. Wessex HU.5 XT451 coded V-L/B of 846 NAS air to air between Barry Buddon, Carnoustie and RM Condor, Arbroath, Angus in March 1979. In rear is XS513 coded V-P/B. The 'B' code reflects the Squadron is assigned to HMS Bulwark (R08).
XV217 1967 Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.1, c/n 382-4244
Scanned from print, Herc XV217 lands at RNAS Yeovilton as the Red Arrows support aircraft for Air Day '79.
XS101 1964 Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1, c/n FL595
Scanned from a print. Taken at EGDY RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 3rd August 1979, Gnat T.1 XS101 caught landing with parachute deployed. Yes I was that close, standing centre airfield ready to launch the Commando Air Assault. Back seater looks worried !
XP694 1963 English Electric Lightning F.3, c/n 95111
Scanned from print, pictured as 'R' with 5 Sqn RAF alongside XP751/S on the ramp at RNAS Yeovilton.
G-BEYB 1979 Fairey Flycatcher (Westward Airways Ltd replica), c/n WA3
Scanned from print, here the replica Flycatcher makes its first public appearance, at the RNAS Yeovilton Air Day '78, before heading indoors at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
XS101 1964 Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1, c/n FL595
Scanned from print, apols for poor quality - the Red Arrows line-up at the RNAS Yeovilton Air Day in 1979 with XS101 nearest the camera
99 34 1954 English Electric Canberra B.2, c/n R3/EA3/6651
Scanned from a print. Taken on the ramp at RNAS Yeovilton, this GAF Canberra (ex RAF WK137) was a regular visitor to the FRADU unit.
XT458 1965 Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA280
, 1975-09-15
A line-up of 845 NAS Westland Wessex on HMS Hermes, pictured in September 1975 during Exercise Deep Express '75. Picture taken on an instamatic camera hence poor quality, but submitted for sharing/historical purposes
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