1976 residents and movements are listed here

23 Sqn arrived on 25th February with Phantoms
56 Sqn Lightnings disbanded here on 28th June
56 Sqn Phantoms arrived on 8th July

January 1976	February 1976	March 1976	April 1976	May 1976	June 1976
July 1976	August 1976	September 1976	October 1976	November 1976	December 1976

Based Aircraft noted this year

Lightnings

XP694	V	56 Sqn	Departed to Coningsby on 26th July
XP701	W	56 Sqn
XP702	U	56 Sqn	Departed to Leconfield on 23rd July
XP707		56 Sqn	Departed to Leconfield on 26th July
XR728	J	56 Sqn
XR761	A	56 Sqn
XR770	D	56 Sqn
XR771	C	56 Sqn
XS417	Z	56 Sqn
XS459	X	56 Sqn
XS897	S	56 Sqn
XS901	T	56 Sqn
XS922	P	56 Sqn
XS928	E	56 Sqn
XS929	L	56 Sqn
XS932	J R	56 Sqn	Recoded as R by 22nd March
XS933	K	56 Sqn
XS937		56 Sqn

Phantoms

XT891	Z	56 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 8th July
XT893	R	23 Sqn	From 17 Sqn by December
XT908	P	23 Sqn	Delivered on 1st September
XT909	X	56 Sqn	Delivered on 9th July. To 228 OCU on 29th November
XT912	K	23 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 25th February To 29 Sqn on 11th November
XV396	A	23 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 25th February
XV408	N	23 Sqn	Delivered on 9th August
XV409	D	56 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 8th July
XV415	A	56 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 8th July
XV420	J	56 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 8th July
XV421	B	23 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 25th February
XV422	C	23 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 25th February
XV430	O	23 Sqn
XV432	D	23 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 25th February
XV434	J	23 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 25th February
XV435	M	23 Sqn	Delivered on 13th April
XV460	B	56 Sqn	Delivered on 9th July To 60 MU on 18th August
XV465	E	23 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 25th February To 29 Sqn on 13th July
XV470	C	56 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 8th July
XV472	L	23 Sqn	Delivered on 5th April
XV475	H	56 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 8th July
XV476	S	23 Sqn	Delivered on 30th December
XV483	O	23 Sqn	Delivered on 20th August
XV484	F	23 Sqn	Delivered 17th November 1975 for groundcrew training To 2 Sqn on 21st September
XV486	E	56 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 8th July Recoded J
XV489	F	56 Sqn	Delivered on 9th July
XV490	G	23 Sqn	Arrived from Coningsby on 25th February
XV496	H	23 Sqn	Delivered 17th November 1975 for groundcrew training
XV497	N Q	56 Sqn 23 Sqn	Delivered on 9th July Transferred to 23 Sqn on 14th October, taking up code ‘Q’

Phantoms tail code to serial cross-reference

23 Sqn		56 Sqn
A	XV396	A	XV415
B	XV421	B	XV460
C	XV422	C	XV470
D	XV432	D	XV409
E	XV465	E	XV486
F	XV484	F	XV489
G	XV490	H	XV475
H	XV496	J	XV420 then XV486
J	XV434	N	XV497 then XV408
K	XT912	X	XT909
L	XV472	Z	XT891
M	XV435
N	XV408
O	XV483 then XV430
P	XT908
Q	XV497
R	XT893
S	XV476

Preserved and other non-active aircraft noted this year

XM147		Lightning F1	Stored	TFF marks
XP738	E	Lightning F3	Wreckage
XP754		Lightning F3	Wreckage	111 Sqn marks
EP120	QV-H	Spitfire LF.Vb	Preserved