Jet Provost, A49 in Shropshire

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XR568 Jet Provost T.4 is displayed at the entrance to Holly Farm Nurseries on the A49 at Prees, Shropshire. It is just past the old airfield at Tilstock on the way the Shrewsbury.

I first saw this in service with 6FTS at Finningley in September 1971 & again with the RAF recruiting flight at Ashton Court  in 1985. It probably saw service with the rest of the T.4's at Shawbury in the late 70's & 80's


XR658 Jet Provost T.4 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr

Graham
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[rh226]

Hi Graham,

I first saw this at RAF Abingdon BoB Day 12/09/1981 when it was with the RAF Exhibition Flight based at 71MU Bicester.  It was allocated, but did not wear at the time, maintenance serial 8192M.

Apparently, it was w/o about a month after you saw it due to an overstressed airframe.  See www.jetprovostfile.org/t4-xr643-to-xr662/ for airframe history (not quite up to date).

Regards,

Bob

[davebasing]

I was also at the Finningley BoB day in 1971 where I made XR658. Next time I saw her she was, of all places, under Waterloo Bridge as part of the 1973 South Bank Plane Show.