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1979 Movements

1979 residents and movements are listed here

January 1979February 1979March 1979April 1979May 1979June 1979
July 1979August 1979September 1979October 1979November 1979December 1979
23 Sqn Phantom FGR2 XV408 departing Wattisham runway 05

Based Aircraft noted this year

XT891Z56 Sqn
XT908P23 SqnTo Holme-on-Spalding Moor on 15th May
XT909T23 Sqn
XV401N56 SqnDelivered 15th January
XV402G23 SqnTo Holme-on-Spalding Moor on 24th May
XV404H23 Sqn
XV406A23 Sqn
XV408N23 Sqn
XV409E56 SqnReturned from 111 Sqn on 15th May, to replace XV460
XV410H56 SqnDelivered on 5th July
XV414B23 SqnDelivered on 20th November
XV422C23 SqnTo St. Athan on 19th November
XV423E23 SqnTo 29 Sqn on 10th February. Returned to 23 Sqn on 30th April
XV424D56 SqnTo St. Athan on 25th April for re-painting in Alcock and Brown scheme
XV430F23 Sqn
XV432D23 Sqn
XV434J23 SqnTo St. Athan in late 1979
XV437J56 Sqn
XV460E56 SqnTo British Aerospace on 24th January
XV464B56 Sqn
XV466K56 Sqn
XV468H56 SqnTo St. Athan on 6th July
XV469A56 Sqn
XV472L23 SqnTo Holme-on-Spalding Moor on 9th March
XV474F56 SqnAir Defence grey
XV476S23 Sqn
XV478M23 SqnDelivered on 24th May
XV482C56 SqnReturned from Holme-on-Spalding Moor on 25th January
XV486B23 SqnReturned from St. Athan on 27th February.
To St. Athan on 2nd May for re-painting into ‘Alcock and Brown’ scheme
XV490G56 SqnTo St. Athan on 23rd February
XV494G56 SqnDelivered on 6th July
XV495L56 SqnTo Holme-on-Spalding Moor during December
XV499L23 SqnDelivered on 15th May
XV500K23 SqnReturned from Holme-on Spalding Moor on 2nd March

Tail code to serial cross reference

23 Sqn56 Sqn
AXV406AXV469
BXV486 then XV414BXV464
CXV422CXV482
DXV432DXV424
EXV423EXV460 then XV409
FXV430FXV474
GXV402GXV490 then XV494
HXV404HXV468 then XV410
JXV434JXV437
KXV500KXV466
LXV472 then XV499LXV495
MXV478NXV401
NXV408ZXT891
PXT908
SXV476
TXT909

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