RAF Coltishall 16 September 2005 RAF Coltishall Photocall 16 September 2005
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On a rather windy and showery day RAF Coltishall opened its doors for its last official photocall before the station closes at the end of 2006 it was also the day before the station families day. The stations CRO Mick Jennings and his team put on a well organised event.

We were briefed that all the remaining 36 operational RAF Jaguar GR.3A's and T.4's were on base and would be accessable either on the flightlines or in the hangers. Of these 2 remained elusive to my camera those were XZ396/EQ and XZ398/FA. Alot of the aircraft were actually in the hangers under service and getting good photographs proved quite difficult. You will notice that some of those images look a little strange this is due to me using an ultra wide 10-20mm lens.

The list of aircraft involved during the day is below this is not a complete list but one of aircraft present before I left the airfield,any corrections and amendments would be appreciated.

XZ399/EJ Jaguar GR.3A Jaguar GR.3A Lineup XZ109/EN Jaguar GR.3A
XZ399/EJ Jaguar GR.3A XZ366/FC Jaguar GR.3A XZ107/FH Jaguar GR.3A
XZ112/GW Jaguar GR.3A XZ366/FC Jaguar GR.3A XZ364/FS Jaguar GR.3A
XZ118/FR Jaguar GR.3A XZ369/EU Jaguar GR.3A XX842/FX Jaguar T.4
XZ385/FT Jaguar GR.3A XX842/FX Jaguar T.4 XZ118/FR Jaguar GR.3A
XZ369/EU Jaguar GR.3A XX842/FX Jaguar T.4 XZ385/FT Jaguar GR.3A
XX842/FX Jaguar T.4 XZ118/FR Jaguar GR.3A XZ398/FA Jaguar GR.3A
XX150/FY Jaguar T4 XX150/FY Jaguar T4 Jaguar Gate Guard
Jaguar Gate Guard
Serial Designation Unit Operator
XX119/EB Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XX724/EC Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XX737/EE Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XX766/EF Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XX970/EH Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XZ399/EJ Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XX752/EK Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XZ392/EM Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XZ109/EN Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XZ114/EO Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XZ377/EP Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XZ396/EQ Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XZ115/ER Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XZ391/ET Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XZ369/EU Jaguar GR.3A 6 Sqn RAF
XX835/EX Jaguar T.4 6 Sqn RAF
XX847/EZ Jaguar T.4 6 Sqn RAF
XZ398/FA Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ117/FB Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ366/FC Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XX725/FE Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XX723/FF Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ394/FG Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ107/FH Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ355/FJ Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XX767/FK Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ360/FN Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ118/FR Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ364/FS Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ385/FT Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ356/FU Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XX842/FX Jaguar T.4 41 Sqn RAF
XX150/FY Jaguar T.4 41 Sqn RAF
XZ112/GW Jaguar GR.3A 41 Sqn RAF
XZ367/GP Jaguar GR.3A RAF
ZE156/WA Tornado F.3 56(R) Sqn RAF
ZG774/WK Tornado F.3 56(R) Sqn RAF
ZA447/DE Tornado GR.4 31 Sqn RAF
ZA469/TM Tornado GR.4 15(R) Sqn RAF
ZD895/TI Tornado GR.4 15(R) Sqn RAF
ZD437/49A Harrier GR.7A 1(F) Sqn RAF
ZF244/244 Tucano T.1 1 FTS/72(R) Sqn RAF
ZF417/417 Tucano T.1 1 FTS/72(R) Sqn RAF
XX194/CL Hawk T.1 100 Sqn RAF
XX285/CB Hawk T.1 100 Sqn RAF
ZH776 Chinook HC.2 27 Sqn RAF
83-0018/LN F15C Eagle 493rd FS/48th FW (y) USAF
01-20000/LN F15E Strike Eagle 494th FS(R)/48th FW USAF
E-196 F16AM Esk 730 Denmark
ET-207 F16BM Esk 730 Denmark
635/3-XP Mirage 2000D EC 03.003 Ardennes France
677/3-JT Mirage 2000D EC 01.003 Navarre France
WB585/M Chipmunk T.10 (G-AOSY) Private
XR538/1 Gnat T.1 '4 FTS' (G-RORI) Private
XS104 Gnat T.1 'Red Arrows'(G-FRCE) Private
KZ321/JV-N Hurricane IV (G-HURY) Private
(XN637) Jet Provost T.3 G-BKOU Private
(XS228) Jet Provost T.52A G-PROV Private
XZ375 Jaguar GR.1A Cockpit
XX830 Jaguar T.2 Cockpit
XN967 Buccaneer S.1 Cockpit
XS899 Lightning F.6 Cockpit
XP703 Lightning F.3 Cockpit
VP293 Shackleton T.4 Cockpit
XF321 Hunter T.7 Cockpit