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RAAF 78 Wing Vampire FB.9 and Meteor T.7
Malta 1952-1954

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Aircraft leased from Royal Air Force 
 
RAF.Serial Aircraft
Type
Aircraft History
WP993 FB.9 Delivered 20/03/52,
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Vampire
                                  WP993
                                  78 Wing
                                  Malta

w/o 12/12/57

WP997 FB.9 Delivered 27/03/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54,
 

Sold as scrap 31/12/58 at No.12 MU Kirbride to H H Bushell & Co, Birmingham.

WR109 FB.9 Delivered 02/04/52
S
erved with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54

Vampire FB.9

Sold as scrap 06/09/57 at No.22 MU Silloth to David Island & Co.

WR110 FB.9 Delivered 02/04/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Sold as scrap 06/09/57 at No.10 MU Hullavington to Eyre Smelting & Co, Mitcham, Surrey

WR116 FB.9 Delivered 24/07/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54

Highlight for Album:
                                  Vampire WR116

Sold as scrap 28/10/57 at No.27 MU Shawbury to Lowton Metals, Ashton-in-Makersfield

WR118 FB.9 Delivered  18/04/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Sold as scrap 25/10/57 at No.27 MU Shawbury to Lowton Metals, Ashton-in-Makersfield

WR133 FB.9 Delivered 23/04/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Vampire WR133
                                  Malta

Sold as scrap 22/09/60 at No.10 MU Hullavington to H H Bushell & Co, Birmingham

WR136 FB.9 Delivered 23/04/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Sold as scrap 22/09/60 at No.10 MU Hullavington to H H Bushell & Co, Birmingham

WR138 FB.9 Delivered 23/04/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54,

  Highlight
                                  for Album: Vampire FB.9 WR138

Sold as scrap 22/09/60 at No.10 MU Hullavington to H H Bushell & Co, Birmingham

WR140 FB.9 Delivered 06/05/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Vampire
                                  FB.9
                                  WR140

w/o 18/04/55
SOC. 09/06/55

WR147 FB.9 Delivered 14/05/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54
 

Vampire
                                  FB.9
                                  WR147

Sold as scrap 08/05/59 at No.19 MU St. Athan to H H Bushell & Co, Birmingham

WR148 FB.9 Delivered 03/06/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 9/54.

w/o 10/09/54
SOC. 09/12/54

WR151 FB.9 Delivered 16/05/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

SOC. 31/10/58
To fire dump No.10 MU Hullavington

WR173 FB.9 Delivered 10/06/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Sold as scrap 20/12/1957 at No.10 MU Hullavington to Enfield Rolling Mills, Enfield

WR174 FB.9 Delivered 10/06/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 11/52.
Crashed after aborted take off 24/11/52
at Nicosia (Pilot FO Lyall Klaffer)
SOC. 31/12/52

Vampire FB.9
                                    WR174 78 Wing Malta Photo RAAF via
                                    Brendan Cowan

WR185 FB.9 Delivered 11/06/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Vampire
                                    FB.9 WR185 WR116 78 Wing Malta Photo
                                    AWM via Brendan Cowan

Sold as scrap 10/10/58 at No.12 MU Kirkbride to H H Bushell & Co, Birmingham.

WR187 FB.9 Delivered 25/06/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Sold as scrap 25/05/1956 at No.10 MU Hullavington

WR189 FB.9 Delivered 11/06/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 8/52 - 12/54.

Vampire FB.9
                                    WR189 78 Wing Photo RAAF via Brendan
                                    Cowan

Sold as scrap 26/09/60 at No.19 MU St. Athan to H H Bushell & Co, Birmingham

WR239 FB.9 Replacement for WR174.
Delivered 26/08/52
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta 12/52 - 12/54.

SOC. 25/05/55 at No.137 MU Safi, Malta

WZ495 T.11 Delivered 11/03/53
Served with 75 and 76 Sqn Malta

Destroyed 15/10/59 when it dived inverted into the ground at Elsworth, Cambs killing the pilot Flt Sgt H W Gibson AFM

 

Meteor WH220
Hal Far, Malta 
August 1952

 

RAF Meteors with 75 & 76 Sqns, RAAF - Malta (1952 - 1954)
Meteor T.7 Trainers were leased as Vampire Trainers were not available at that time

 
RAF Serial Aircraft Type Aircraft History
WH220 T.7 Delivered 12/02/52
Leased
to RAAF 09/52 to 18/01/54
Crashed 18/01/54 while taking off from Takali airfield on a target towing sortie
Pilot F/O R C Hunt seriously injured and Passenger LAC M J Hennessy Killed.

Highlight for Album: Meteor WH220

WH238 T.7 Delivered 04/03/52
Leased to RAAF from 09/52 to 12/54
 

Written off 10/03/60,
SOC
. 10/05/60

VW482 T.7 Delivered 03/10/49
Leased to RAAF
from 02/54 to 12/54 .(Replacement aircraft forWH220)
Meteor VW482
                      One of the RAF Meteors that served with 75 &
                      76 Sqns, RAAF in Malta (1952 - 1954)

SOC 21/11/58 at No.103 MU Akrotiri, Cyprus and scrapped

 

This page written, managed and updated by Martin Edwards

ReferencesRAAF EE/88 Aircraft status cards, Australian War Memorial,  http://www.aviationinmalta.com, www.uk-serials.com,

Updated 4th February 2019

 

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