The Information that I have been able to put together for this wonderful aircraft is as follows:
PAC/F/226 • T Mk. 1 WW397 RAF BOC 20.9.54: last airworthy RAF Provost 69
RAF Coltishall: inst. airframe 69
(last RAF Provost flight, Shawbury-Halton 30.10.69)
RAF Halton: inst. airframe: 7.11.69/79
(del. to Halton ex RAF Shawbury 30.10.69)
Flt Lt M. J. Crymble, RAF Lynham . 78/79
(trucked to Lyneham 4.79 ex Halton for planned use as
gate guard but instead rest. to fly Lyneham, ff 28.5.83)
G-BKHP Flt Lt Michael J. Crymble, RAF Lyneham 26.8.82/93
(flew as RAF “WW397/N-E”)
op: Vintage Aircraft Team, Cranfield 91/92
Keith Clarke, Gosford NSW: shipped to Australia .93/94
VH-OIL Keith C. B. Clarke, Gosford NSW 13.7.94/02
(rest. Sydney-Bankstown 94, flew as RAF “WW397/N-E”)
ZK-SGN James Slade/ Old Stick & Rudder Co, Omaka . 02/08
(shipped in container to NZ .02, ff Omaka 15.11.02,
flew as RAF “WW387/N-E”, flew in Japanese WW2
scheme for airshows 04 as “WW397”, repainted 04
as camouflaged Sultan of Oman AF “WW397”)
ZK-PPP Robert Young, Fielding NZ, later Las Vegas NV 6.6.11/15
(shipped from NZ to USA, to be based Boulder City NV)
N397WW reg. res: Robert Young, Las Vegas NV 2.2.12
I can not find any detail between 2011 and 2017!
Zk-PPP Back in New Zealand with MPJ Wilson 3.12.17
Great post . Thanks Mini Cooper .lots of research work ..Yes Fielding can be very interesting . Had an idea way back this aircraft was for sale .
ReplyDeleteNice catch Minicooper. Did you see what hangar it is based in? When I was last at Feilding there was a new hangar across on the far side away from any other hangars but no one could tell me what was hangared in it. See you at Wings Over Wairarapa.
ReplyDeleteThats where we first saw it so I would assume it would be there! yep I have everything sorted for the show.
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