De-havilland Comet C mk2 XV 699 SAGITTARIUS was chopped up between the 10th and 12th November.
Cynically the MOD Lyneham staff closed the main gates and covered them with large white sheets to hide the destruction of this aircraft,the last one complete.
The cockpit and about 30ft of fuselage is at Boscombe Down.
The aircraft was owned by the RAF,never by the museums and although Cosford agreed to take it for storage and later refurb they could not afford the £20000 transport costs.I confirmed this with the Cosford management.
This aircraft could have been saved with public donation had the RAF Heritage staff made public the importance of saving it.
Instead it got to the point where the civil contractors needed access to the land it was standing on and had penalties on the MOD if they were delayed.
Those who were responsible and authorised the destruction should resign,yet again we have seen the senior officers of the RAF in the posts supposed to protect and enhance our historic military aviation absolutely useless.
As far back as 2009 Bob Spink MP laid before parliament early day motion 1555 alerting parliament and press the importance of this airframe.
The RAF were aware of this and yet they still prevaricated for four years
culminating in last weekends destruction.