Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Out of interest are the Tranche 1's actually flyers, or have they been Christmas Tree'd for parts, I was told ages ago they used to move some of the Christmas Tree'd aircraft about at night to avoid Joe public seeing them.
AFAIK: A few are in storage at Shawbury but others are active; a quick goggle for ZJ913 (the earliest unstored serial) shows it was flying at Coningsby in January, and it has been seen recently with 29 Sqdn.