Gate Guards

Picked up from wrecks and wrelics yahoo group;

The gate guard at RAF Shawbury Wessex HC.2 XT672 "WC" was replaced on saturday 9-Jan with Wessex HC.2 XR516 marked as 60sqn "V", ficticious marks I believe, as this last flew with 2FTS as "WB". It was marked as 60sqn and displayed in their hangar at Shawbury. XT672 should be returning to Hixon in due course, as the frame was only on loan

Fantastic photos ! Some of the gate guards have great history, ive just found out that the BBMF lancaster PA474 was originally a gate guard at waddington !

The RAF website has some information on present gate guards. www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/stations.cfm from this link you can choose a station at the bottom of the selected station page is a link to the station's home page. It is there, after clicking the "About Us" tab at the top of the page that some, not all, have descriptions of their present guardians in the list to the left.

Happy Hunting:-D

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The gate guard at RAF Shawbury Wessex HC.2 XT672 "WC" was replaced on saturday 9-Jan with Wessex HC.2 XR516 marked as 60sqn "V", ficticious marks I believe, as this last flew with 2FTS as "WB". It was marked as 60sqn and displayed in their hangar at Shawbury. XT672 should be returning to Hixon in due course, as the frame was only on loan

Its gone to Stafford, belive for Gate Guard but not confirmed !

Heres the new one

Hi all
Heres one from Llanbedr early 60s

RAF Stafford used to havea Javelin.

dangerousdave;42278 wrote:

RAF Stafford used to havea Javelin.

Hi Dave
Here is Staffords gate guard XA 801 (7739M) on guard from 26/01/62 and scrapped in 1994

Thunderbird AT-38B #1 Colorado Springs Colorado

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Brothmark;42290 wrote:

Thunderbird AT-38B #1 Colorado Springs Colorado

I saw the Thunderbirds at Waddington (AWESOME SHOW) flying the F 16s

Why would you scrap a Javelin, why not donate it to a museum then?