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Old 24th Mar 2022, 20:23
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sandringham1
 
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My interest in Hastings began when I was a nipper living West of Colerne under the 23 approach, then moved away but my ATC Squadron camp in July 67 took me back to Colerne, unfortunately the Hastings had just been withdrawn and were parked in a sad row on the airfield. The museum there closed after five years or so and the aircraft were either relocated or scrapped, TG536 was part of it and was moved on to Catterick where it was eventually scrapped, the plan was for the wing to be used in the build of the Elvington Halifax reconstruction but in the end only the centre section was used due to corrosion in the outer wings. I have always lived not far from Lasham, visited there in connection with gliding and with ATC(Aviation Tool Company) when they were doing 737 maintenance.
The list is only what I gleaned from various sources so please us it.

Richard

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