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Old 1st Feb 2022, 19:20
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BEagle
 
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"M" on the tail represents Merryfield I assume?
Nope. By the time the RN took over RAF Merryfield, all Sea Furies were out of service....

...sadly. We'd had some Wyverns (Wastelands) during RAF days, plus some Sabres (Wastelands again). But in RN times, we only had the ocasional Sea Hawks and Gannets, but mostly Sea Venoms and the odd Meteor TT. Although I did once see a Dominie sitting on the grass near the Wastelands hangar.

At various times there were other interesting aeroplanes there too - a Welkin, Hamilcar X and the deflected jet Meteor...

How I wish I'd had a camera!

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