First flown in 2.64 and operated by 111 Sqn until transferred to 5 Sqn a couple of months after this shot. Later with 11 Sqn and the LTF before going back to 5 Sqn which used XP741, by then in camouflage, as a display aircraft in 1987. To Manston fire school as 8939M in 9.87 with 3164 hours recorded and destroyed 1995

111 Squadron put up a unforgettable diamond nine formation at the 1972 Wattisham BoB show

Started with 56 Sqn in 5.65 and joined 29 Sqn 4.70. To Boulmer as gate guard 12.76 (8453M) but later dismantled, although the nose was saved for exhibition in London

Built in 1953 and saw service with 101 & 50 Sqns, Upwood Stn Flt, RNZAF, 45, 85 and finally 100 Sqn as seen here at Wattisham's 1972 BoB Day. In 1958 joined the newly formed RNZAF 75 Sqn at RAF Tengah, Singapore, seeing active service in Malaya as part of the Commonwealth Strategic Reserve. SoC 7.76 and scrapped but nose preserved with the ATC at Ammanford in Wales

Those were the days. Classic pose by this Treble-One Squadron beaut on short finals

This Lightning F.3 was built by EE/BAC at their Warton factory in May 1963. It served with many RAF Fighter Command Squadrons including No. 29 based at RAF Wattisham before it was retired in September 1987 and scrapped.

Canberra B(I)8 interdictor bomber of No. 16 Squadron RAF based at Laarbruch, West Germany. Displayed at the 1972 Battle of Britain open day at RAF Wattisham.

First flown in 1.60, this early Lightning joined the Wattisham TFF (Target Facilities Flight) in 2.70 and was the solo display aircraft at Farnborough that year and Paris in 1971. Last flew 4.74 and allocated 8411M as a decoy at Wattisham. Roaded to the Pendine Ranges in 8.86 and taken away for scrap 3.94