StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: De Havilland

sam - DH Vampire

06 Aug 2022 80
Not too easy too see, but there's a De Havilland "Vampire" in there. {WZ515} The Vampire was the second jet fighter to enter service with the RAF and the first jet to cross the Atlantic. Development began in 1941, and tehy were in front line service from 1946 to 1953 and remained as a trainer up to the mid-1960s. This one was built as a trainer, serving with various units and retired in 1968. it was bought back by Hawker Siddeley [it was in a TV play "The Aerodrome"] and arrived at SAM in 1990, having been swopped for a Lancaster's gun turret. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire