Life after the Strathallan Collection

The Collection was gradually dispersed over the years though a major auction occurred around 1980.

See the links and the pictures below for details of where some of the aircraft ended up.

http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/StrathallanMuseum

http://www.timefadesaway.co.uk/spc_history/pages/1980s/8084/mussales.htm

A comprehensive list from http://forums.airshows.co.uk dated 2012 is reproduced here -

Anson C.19 VM360 East Fortune
Anson C.19 G-AWRS NEAM Sunderland
Avro XIX G-AGWE Last reported in USA
Avro XIX G-AHIC broken for spares
Avro XIX G-AHEX airworthy at Old Warden
Avro XIX G-AYWA Musee Royal de Armee, Brussels
Avro Lancaster - now at Fantasy of Flight
Avro Shackleton - nose at Coventry
BA Swallow airworthy in Devon
Bristol Bolingbroke 9940 East Fortune
Bristol Bolingbroke 10201 restoration to flight at Duxford as Blenheim I
Bristol Sycamore WA576 Dumfries & Gallaway Museum
DH Puss Moth VH-UQB East Fortune
DH Tiger Moth G-ANTS Hong Kong owner
DH Tiger Moth G-AOEL East Fortune
DH Tiger Moth G-APGL Stored, Warks
DH Tiger Moth DF155 Airworthy in Scotland
DH Dragon East Fortune
DH Leopard Moth G-AIYS airworthy, Herts
DH Hornet Moth G-ADMT airworthy, Norwich
DH Dragon Rapide G-ALXT Science Museum, Wroughton
DH Moth Minor G-AFOZ w/o 1975
DH Moth Minor G-AFPN airworthy, Wales
DH Mosquitob RS712 on display at Oshkosh
DH Comet 2R XK655 scrapped
DH Vampire T11 XD403 private owner Scotland
DH Vampire T11 XD547 Dumfries & Galloway Museum
Fairey Swordfish W5856 RNHF, Yeovilton
Fairey Battle 1899 Brussels Museum
Fairey Firefly WD833 restoration to fly in USA, believed to be returning to Europe
Fokker S11 G-BEPV airworthy, Spanhoe
GAL Cygnet G-AGBN East Fortune
Grumman Avenger 045 airworthy in USA
Hawker Hurricane XII P3308 destroyed in hangar fire in Canada
Hawker Sea Hawk XE340 spares sources for RNHF
Kay Gyroplane G-ACVA East Fortune
Lockheed Hudson A16-199 RAFM Hendon
Miles Monarch G-AFJU under restoration in France
Miles Monarch G-AFLW stored White Waltham
Miles Magister R1914 stored at Strathallan Estate
Miles M18 G-AHKY East Fortune
Miles Messenger G-AJOC Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
NA Harvard FT391 airworthy, Surrey owner
NA Texan G-AZJD airworthy in Spain
NA Texan 14526 under restoration in Denmark
Percival Prentice VS356 under restoration Montrose
Percival Provost WV493 East Fortune
Pilcher Hawk rep - last reported Glasgow
Reid & Sigrist Desford VZ728 stored Snibston
Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig 'Flying Bedstead' XJ314 Science Museum London
RAF SE5A rep F5447 airworthy Scotland
SAAB Safir G-ANOK stored Scotland
Short Scion G-ACUX East Fortune
Supermarine Spitfire TR.9 MJ772 airworthy in USA as N8R
Supermarine Spitfire TR.9 ML407 airworthy as The Grace Spitfire, based Bentwaters
Supermarine Spitfire TR.9 PV202 airworthy at Duxford in BoB markings
Supermarine Spitfire TR.9 TE308 airworthy in USA as N308WK
Westland Lysander P9441 airworthy at Old Warden as V9367
Westland Whirlwind XG594 Fleet Air Arm Museum

The above 4 pictures show the Mosquito at its current home in Florida.
Pictures from http://www.mossie.org/RS712.htm

The Hurricane (with new registration) at its next home, in Canada. Tragically this aircraft was lost in a hangar fire in 1993

The Hudson is now located at the RAF museum in Hendon
Above picture from http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk

Above picture from http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/hudson/hudson1.htm
Miles M18 Series 2
De Havilland DH80A Puss Moth
Above two from http://www.rampantscotland.com/visit/blvisit_museum_of_flight.htm
Shackleton nose
Shackleton nose cone, now at Midland Air Museum in Coventry.

Comet nose front, now in the Al Mahatta aviation museum Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates


The prize of the Strathallan collection, Avro Lancaster KB976, has had a troubled time since leaving Scotland. The full story- before, during and after Strathallan - is available here.

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