Jets at Martlesham Heath
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Pure Jets |
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Avro Ashton |
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WE670 |
9.10.52 - 23.7.53 |
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Avro 707A |
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WZ736 |
1956 for two months |
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Short Sperrin |
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VX161 |
10.4.53-20.9.54 |
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Gloster Meteor |
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F.4 |
VW308 |
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T.7 |
VW411, WF880, WL378 |
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F.8 |
WK943, WK986 |
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FR.9 |
WH535 |
3.4.52-5.2.53 and 10.6.53-6.9.57 |
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NF.11 |
WD765, WD769, WD782 |
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English Electric Canberra |
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Proto- |
VN799 |
4.3.53-18.8.53 Crashed near Sutton Heath |
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B.2 |
WD947 |
12.12.51-27.5.52, 16.6.52-9.2.53, 23.2.53-4.6.59 |
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T.4 |
WH706 |
2.10.56-5.11.56 |
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T.4 |
WE189 |
Crashed at Crown Point 28.9.56 |
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T.4 |
WJ992 |
7.6.57-27.6.62 |
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PR.7 |
WJ818 |
7.3.56 on delivery to 58 Sqdn at Wyton |
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De Havilland Comet |
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3B |
XP915 |
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Avro Lincoln with outer engines, turbojets |
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RA633 |
25.6.47-12.12.49 then converted to two Pythons in outboard positions 20.10.50-19.5.53 |
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RA716 |
with 2 Rolls Royce Avons 12.8.52-13.3.56 |
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RE418 |
with 2 Armstrong Siddeley Pythons 29.2.52-13.10.52 |
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The units involved in using these aircraft were
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Turboprop Aircraft |
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Hawker Siddeley 748 |
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G-ARAY |
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Handley Page Dart Herald |
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G-AODF |
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These were at Martlesham Heath in February 1962 for landing and taxiing trials on rough ground. |
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Can you positively identify the jet sound file on the sounds page? |
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