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BEagle 1st Feb 2022 19:20


"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!

DaveReidUK 1st Feb 2022 20:04


Originally Posted by Warmtoast (Post 11177957)
"M" on the tail represents Merryfield I assume?

The aircraft was owned by Mike Stow at the time the photo was taken, so maybe just a vanity code ?

treadigraph 1st Feb 2022 20:22

Interesting - photographic evidence shows that at various points during Doug Arnold's, Mike Stow's? and Rick Drury's custodianship, VX302 sported a single seat canopy. Could the rear turtle deck be easily swapped to cover in the rear cockpit?


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