Don't suppose you have a photo of her at 5FTS? Did the Vampires carry individual letters or numbers on the nose at this point? If so what was 557's?
Sorry. No; can't remember.
In March we were the last straight through Vampire course at Oakington. The Varsity crowd from Valley had arrived a month or so beforehand and some of our Vampires had gone to Swinderby. 557 was not one of our normal flight aeroplanes as we had what was left over from the reorganisation. How many survived I don't know but the two that acted as a backdrop to our passing out parade were minus engines and on finals for the dump.