Aviation Photography - Norwich Aviation Museum

City of Norwich Aviation Museum
Norwich
December 3, 2022

The City of Norwich Aviation Museum is a volunteer-run museum and charitable trust dedicated to the preservation of the aviation history of the county of Norfolk. A crew chief is assigned to each aircraft so that they can apply their hard efforts of restoration to their 'own' aircraft. This night shoot was organised for the first time by Threshold. It is not ideal to have a busy road running behind most of the aircraft on display, as it resulted in the cars leaving a streak of their head and tail lights across the images once it got dark. To combat this I took many images hoping that during the long exposures that a car did not drive past. Eventually I got an unaffected image.

Left to right: SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 (XX109 'GH', 8918M) in false 54 Squadron markings which were based at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk. It was actually with the Royal Aircraft Establishment at RAE Boscombe Down from 1984, transferred to the Ministry of Defence (Procurement Executive) at BAe Warton in 1986. To RAF Coltishall eventually becoming a ground instruction airframe till 2004 when moved to the museum at Norwich.

Left to right: SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 (XX109 'GH') in 54 Squadron markings.

Left to right: English Electric Lightning F.53 (53-686 ex RSAF later ZF592).

Left to right: Gloster Meteor F.8 (WK654 later 8092M) in 245 Squadron markings which were based at RAF Horsham St Faith (now Norwich Airport), Norfolk. Built in 1952 and retired to RAF Kemble ands struck off charge in 1970. It was then moved to RAF Neatishead as a gate guard till 1992. Passed to the Museum in 1995.

Left to right: Gloster Meteor F.8 (WK654 later 8092M) in 245 Squadron markings.

Hawker Hunter F.51 (E-409 painted as 'XE683 G') ex RDAF painted in 74 Squadron markings.

Left to right: Hawker Hunter F.6A (XG172 painted as 'XG168 10') in 79 Squadron markings.
Hawker Siddeley Harrier T.4N (XW268 '720') in 899 NAS markings.