Gate Guards

Marham March 2007.

Two different Gate Guards at two different locations, but where ?? Photographs taken sometime in the late eighties.

This Hunter was, I'm sure the Gate Guard at Waterbeach, Cambs. 1996 ish.

There's something odd about the 'two' Hunters!
Take a close look, both on absolutely identical plinths and wheel supports, both have non standard bang seat paint, both have rudder hard a' port, and both have shadow cast right down the middle from the front - same very early mark aircraft with different squadron marks each side me thinks!

As a wild guess I would say Waterbeach for the Hunter (they did have an early F.2), possibly Wattisham for the Phantom, though it did have a Lightning GG way back.

And you don't hear that very often!

The Hunter is at Waterbeach

Phantom looks like Neatishead

REF wrote:

Phantom looks like Neatishead

Possibly, but in the late '80s Neatishead had a Meteor GG!

I think we need a more precise date from Airfieldsman

I'm actually thinking it may not be Neatishead now, the trees aren't right for there.

Brampton has a phantom but that is in 74 sqn markings, has that been re-painted??

Do we have a registration for this one??