Battle of Britain at Home Day -
Acklington 16/09/1967

Credit - Brian Jones & Air Britain

1967 was the last airshow to be held at Acklington. 6FTS were based with their Jet Provosts

The letter in the first column denotes whether the aircraft participated in the (F)lying display, was (S)tatic, on the (D)ump or was guarding the (G)ate

f/s Serial Code Type Unit Comments
s XS610   Andover C.1 47Sqn  
f XS789   Andover CC.2    
s WJ339   Hastings C.2 24Sqn RAF Colerne
s XG274 71 Hunter F.6 4FTS RAF Valley
s XF418 59 Hunter F.6 229OCU RAF Chivenor
s XS765   Basset CC.1 NCS  
s XS766   Basset CC.1 NCS RAF Topcliffe
f VP971   Devon C.2 RAFSSC  
s XD165   Whirlwind HAR.10 202Sqn 'A' Flight
s XJ729   Whirlwind HAR.10 202Sqn 'A' Flight
f XR499 A Wessex HC.2 72Sqn RAF Odiham
s XR511 P Wessex HC.2 72Sqn RAF Odiham
s XS732   Dominie T.1 CAW RAF Strubby
s XD550 62 Vampire T.11 3FTS RAF Leeming
s WF383 E Varsity T.1 115Sqn RAF Watton
s XP503 03 Gnat T.1 4FTS RAF Valley
s XF509 F Shackleton MR.3/3 203Sqn RAF Ballykelly
s XB287 T Beverley C.1 47Sqn RAF Abingdon
s WZ849   Chipmunk T.10 AEF Ouston  
s WT488 N Canberra T.4 98Sqn  
s XL474 764:BY Gannet AEW.3 849Sqn Brawdy
s 61605   T-33 USAF  
s 120227 22 Heinkel 162    
f XS918 B Lightning 23Sqn  
f WG555 K Shackleton MR.2 204Sqn RAF Ballykelly
f WE195   Canberra T.4 231OCU  
f XR953 29 Gnat T.1 4FTS  
f XS918 B Lightning F.6 11Sqn  
f     Lightning 23Sqn From Leuchars
f     Lightning 23Sqn From Leuchars
f     Lightning 23Sqn From Leuchars
f     Lightning 23Sqn From Leuchars
f XV166 654:LM Buccaneer S.2 736Sqn  
f XM603   Vulcan B.2    
f XE857 64 Vampire T.11 1FTS  
f XL479 261:V Gannet AEW.3 849Sqn  
f XS736   Dominie T.1 CAW  
f WD496   Hastings C.2 A&AEE Boscombe Down (modified nose probe)
f WD310   Chipmunk T.10    
f WG465   Chipmunk T.10    
f XN187   Sedburgh   Towed by Chipmunk
f XM491   Britannia C.1 ASC  
f 10564 MU-C F-5A RNoAF / 338Sqn  
f 10571 MU-F F-5A RNoAF / 338Sqn  
f 10573 MU-H F-5A RNoAF / 338Sqn  
f 69212 MU-L F-5A RNoAF / 338Sqn  
f 10563 MU-B F-5A RNoAF / 338Sqn  
f 10595 MU-Z F-5A RNoAF / 338Sqn  


The following resident 6FTS Jet Provost T.3's were noted -
XN556 / 1 XN596 / 3 XN578 / 4 XN492 / 5 XN581 / 7 XM468 / 10 XN594 / 11 XN551 / 12
XM467 / 15 XM417 / 16 XM474 / 17 XM402 / 18 XM407 / 21 XN509 / 25 XM416 / --  / 6 
 / 14  / 19  / 20  / 22        

The following resident 6FTS Jet Provost T.4's were noted (* flew)-
XP636 / 42 XR646 / 43 XP585 / 45 XP676 / 47 XS182 / 48 XP683 / 49 XR643 / 50 XR644 / 51
XR649 / 53 XR656 / 54 XR659 / 55* XR660 / 56* XR663 / 57 XR666 / 58 XR675 / 59* XR680 / 60
XS180 / 61* XR706 / 62  / 40  / 44