Originally Posted by
pineridge
Back in the fifties I can remember seeing a number of Neptunes parked at Thorney Island near the main road . They had RAF roundels etc. and had a black paint job. I was about 11 years old at the time and think that 22 sqdns,. S55`s were parked at the same spot in later years.
I could be wrong-I usually am.
The RAF certainly did have some Neptunes in the mid '50s; I think (may be wrong) they were a stopgap until Shackleton Mk 3s were available or maybe it was to provide cover as Sunderlands were withdrawn. I thnk Air Pictorial did an article many years ago ('60s)