Iraqi Air Force Pics

[Vitesse]

Hi all,

I thought there might be some interest in these. Nothing to do with me, mind.

Among the Migs there are a few familiar shapes.

Dead MiGs - ED Forums

[Fat Magpie]

Good find and thanks for posting, sad to see the state of some of those old girls, stripped of anything useful.

[mini]

Brings back memories, I was sniffing around that place in the late 90's.

[Vitesse]

Glad you liked them. They seemed to buy British until around 1960.

Iraqi Air Force Since 1948, Part 1

[ValMORNA]

We were training Iraqi pilots at the No.4 FTS at RAF Worksop in 1958. When the King was overthrown they all packed their bags and left in rather a triumphant mood.

[Landroger]

Two DH Doves, the remains of a Vampire and a piston Provost? I thought I'd seen a Bristol Freighter, but I think it was a Dove side on and nothing to scale it.

Roger

[NutLoose]

Yes I thought that, mentioned elsewhere the Vampire was in a museum, looks like it's been shoved in with a dozer, the pod is wooden so appears to have disintegrated.

[Vitesse]

Is it a Vampire or Venom?

In the link I posted earlier the intake looks more like the Venom, but I wouldn't have a clue otherwise.

I remember seeing one (or the other) at a display on Weston Super Mare sea front many years ago. I thought it was fake. Aeroplanes are made of metal.

[Tashengurt]

I remember a similar place in Dhahran. T33s, Sabres, Lightnings. Even the remains of a couple of eagles and IDS Tonkas.


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[gpugh]

my father was seconded for a while from the FAA to test fly new Sea Furies from Hawkers whilst the Co. pilots were ferrying the Iraqi ones to Iraq