Battle of Britain at Home Day -
Thornaby 14/09/1957

Credit - Brian Jones & J Kendrick

Thornaby held its last Battle of Britain at Home day in 1957, the station was closed down in 1958

The letter in the first column denotes whether the aircraft participated in the (f)lying display, was (s)tatic, on the (d)ump, guarding the (g)ate or was (h)angared

f/s Serial Code Type Unit Comments
h TB382   Spitfire LF.XVI   7244M
h WF813   Meteor T.7    
s XA647 B Javelin FAW.4 151Sqn  
s WJ469 O Valetta 228OCU  
s XH118   Beverley   Dishforth Wing
s WN509 Y Balliol T.2    
s XH296 S Vampire T.11    
s WV580 D-K Provost T.1   Cranwell
s TA664 X Mosquito TT.35 3CAACU  
s XG232 G Hunter F.6 92Sqn  
s WS798 A Meteor NF.14 264Sqn  
s VZ637   Meteor T.7    
s VL357   Anson C.19    
s 0-486249   KB-29    
s 23580 AP-580 F-86A Sabre    
f XD679 Q-H Jet Provost T.1 2FTS  
f WD304 L Chipmunk T.10    
f WP928 D Chipmunk T.10   'Army'
f XG225 M Hunter F.6 92Sqn  
f WF703   Meteor F.8   All silver
f WK807   Meteor F.8   Western Sector Flight
f WE876   Meteor F.8    
f WL347   Meteor T.7    
f WL419   Meteor T.7    
f WK741 17 Meteor F(T).8 4FTS RAF Worksop Display Team
f WF662 22 Meteor F(T).8 4FTS RAF Worksop Display Team
f WF829 10 Meteor T.7 4FTS RAF Worksop Display Team
f WL478 6 Meteor T.7 4FTS RAF Worksop Display Team
f WN316 8 Meteor T.7 4FTS RAF Worksop Display Team (reserve)
f XL821   Sycamore HR.14    
f XL823   Sycamore HR.14    
f XD873   Valiant B.1    
f XK663   Comet C.2    
f ?   Vulcan    
f ?   Shackleton    
f ?   4 x F-100