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Aircraft Photos Taken at RAF Coningsby

Coningsby, England, United Kingdom

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  • PA474 @ EGXC - PA474 was used in two films, ‘Operation Crossbow’ and ‘The Guns of Navarone’. she joined the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in November 1973 - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • PA474 @ EGXC - PA474 rolled off the production line at the Vickers Armstrong Broughton factory at Hawarden Airfield, Chester on 31 May 1945, just after the war in Europe came to an end. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • ZA947 @ EGXC - Originally allocated the UK military serial number KG661. Research showed that the serial ‘KG661’ had previously belonged to a Dakota that had been destroyed in an accident. So the serial number was changed to a new one - ZA947 - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • P7350 @ EGXC - powered by the Rolls Royce Merlin XII - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • MK356 @ EGXC - Painted to represent ‘UF-Q’ (MJ250) of 601 (County of London) Sqn AuxAF. Unusually, this aircraft was finished in a silver natural metal finish. 601 Sqn conducted ground attack, dive-bombing and strafing operations in Italy - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • TE311 @ EGXC - Spitfire TE311 is a low-back/bubble-canopy Mk XVI with ‘clipped’ wingtips and powered by the Rolls Royce Merlin 266 - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • P7350 @ EGXC - P7350 is currently presented as Spitfire Mk 1a N3162 of No 41 Squadron, coded ‘EB-G’, the aircraft flown by the top-scoring Battle of Britain fighter ace Eric Lock on 5 September 1940, when he destroyed 3 enemy aircraft in a single sortie. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • PZ865 @ EGXC - Painted to represent Hurricane Mk IIC HW840, coded ‘EG-S’, of 34 Sqn, South East Asia Command during 1944, the personal aircraft of Canadian pilot, Flt Lt Jimmy Whalen DFC. Sadly Jimmy was killed on 18/4/1944, 5 days before his 24th birthday - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • LF363 @ EGXC - inspection panel removed - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • LF363 @ EGXC - LF363 was built at the Hawker factory at Langley near Slough. It first flew in January 1944 and is believed to be the last Hurricane to enter service with the RAF - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • P7350 @ EGXC - P7350 is the oldest airworthy Spitfire in the world and the only Spitfire still flying to have actually fought in the Battle of Britain. Believed to be the 14th of 11,989 Spitfires built at Castle Bromwich. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • PA474 @ EGXC - The large cockpit canopy on the Avro Lancaster - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • PA474 @ EGXC - FN-120 tail turret was equipped with four 0.303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • PA474 @ EGXC - The mid-upper gunner's turret with two .303 in (7.7 mm) M1919 Browning machine guns - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • WK518 @ EGXC - WK518 painted in the colours it wore when it served with Hull UAS in 1961. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC
  • WG486 @ EGXC - The BBMF Chipmunks are used year-round primarily for the conversion and continuation training of BBMF fighter pilots on tail-wheel aircraft. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGXC