PORTSMOUTH AIRPORT 1960				
					
During the 50s and 60s Portsmouth was a busy airfield with a varied population of aircraft.					
The list below shows those aircraft known to have been present  in late 1960.					
					
Portsmouth Aero Club					
G-AJIS	J/1n Alpha		G-APAR	J/1N Alpha	
G-AJSL	Rapide		        G-AMHF	Tiger Moth	
G-AKDF	Messenger		G-ARUG	Autocar	
					
Flying Farmers					
G-APUY	Turbulent		G-APYR	Super Cub	
					
Warners Holiday Camp					
G-ARAV	C-172				
					
Hants and Sussex Aviation					
Many of those listed below were dismantled  or otherwise unflyable.					
NP292	RM192	RM229	LZ795(6783M)		Proctors
G-AFWM	Taylorcraft +D				
G-AHEV	Proctor				
G-AIAH	Consul(Burnt by Fire Service Nov 1961)				
G-AIOS	Consul				
G-AKSD	G-AHLF	G-AIBB	Rapides
G-ALYA	HS Herald				
G-ANFP	G-APPB	G-APLC	Tiger Moths
N98887	Piper Cub(Floatplane)				
PH816	WJ547	EI-AHO	G--AOHV	Ansons
					
Other aircraft to be seen on the airfield-:					
G-AGTG	Aerocar(parts only)				
G-AKHE	Gemini				
G-AKKM	Messenger				
G-ALFE	Hawk Tr.				
G-ANEW	Tiger Moth				
G-ANYV	Proctor(broken up 2-11-61)				
G-APIK	Auster Alpha				
WP911	WD383/G	Chipmunks(both damaged)	
G-AIGF  Auster J1/N Alpha(present in 1963)		
G-APKD  Auster J1/N Alpha (present in 1963) Later became VH-KSP See image below at Moorabbin Airport ,Victoria. 					
					
Also present at this time were parts of the following Tiger Moths-:					
K2594	L6932	N6614	R5032	K4251	T5382
L6945	T5637	DE907	N6713	T6309	
DE994	R5202	T7231	DF127	BB702	
					
T6257(6725M) arrived on 20-1-61					
					
					
					
RNAS WORTHY DOWN 1956					
					
During a visit here for an Open Day in the summer of 1956 ,the 					
following aircraft were to be seen.					
					
-/A2213		        Firefly AS.7		Coded 200	
PP596/A2257		Firefly FR.1		Coded 273	
TF940		        Sea Fury F.10			
TT192/A2294		Sea Hornet F.20(with wings of VW960)			
VF317/A2320		Vampire F.1		Coded 101	
VT417/A2258		Firefly FR.5		Coded 202	
VT421/A2291		Firefly FR.5			
VW880/A2310		Wyvern TF.2		Coded 203	
WE488		        Gannet			
WF200/A2409		Seahawk F.1			
WJ216/A2318		Wyvern TF.2		Coded 300	
WM763		        Firefly T.7			
XB317		        Avenger AS.4			
					
In addition,a Seafire was burnt by the Fire Service as part of the 					
entertainment. .					
This was probably SW800/A2256 Seafire F.15.				This a/c was	
noted in a damaged state the previous year,(coded 109VM)					
					
RNAS GOSPORT					
Seen here in July 1955-:					
					
DK538/A2182		Firefly FR.1			on dump
DV119		        Firefly FR.1			on dump
MB504		        Firefly FR.1			on dump
TW687/A2299		Firefly FR.4			
TW719/A2301		Firefly FR.4			
VG972		        Firefly FR.1			on dump
VR136		        Wyvern TF.1			
VT476/A2375		Firefly FR.5			
VX420/A2394		Firefly AS.5			
WB250/A2374		Firefly FR.5			
WE279/A2399		Venom FB.1			
Z2103		        Firefly F.1		"916"	on dump