Comets Flown

Comet Operations:

Summary of Comets test-flown from Hatfield and Chester
[Many dates overlap with Trident testing after September 1962]

6024

G-AMXA

Comet 2

4/11/53 & 5,6,7/4/54

6023

G-AMXB

Comet 2

4/11/53 2/1/54

6025

G-AMXC

Comet 2

4/11/53

6020

F-BGNZ

Comet 1A

08/04/54

6026

G-AMXD

Comet 2

20/8/54 22/6/55 22/11/55 9/57-1/58 3/59 1/11/60

6006

G-ALYT

Comet 2X

12/54 7/1/55 20/7/55

6027

G-AMXE

Comet 2

18/7/55

6024

XK669

Comet 2R

12/55 1/56 25/6/56 26/9/61

6028

XK670

T.Mk2

7/6/56 7/56

6030

XK695

Comet 2

24/9/56 19/9/57-1/10/57 4/11/57 10/12/62 1-8/3/63

6031

XK696

Comet 2

10/56 20/5/58

6032

XK697

Comet 2

12/56 13/5/60

6035

XK699

Comet 2

2/2/57 10/6/58 9/8/58 9/58 26-28/9/61

6027

XK663

T. Mk2

22/2/57 22/3/57

6100

G-ANLO

Comet 3

6/57 18/7/57 9/57 6/5/58 12/12/58 3-4/6/60

6018

VC5302

Comet 1A

3-9/7/57

6037

XK715

C. Mk2

6/5/57

6033

G-AMXK

Comet 2E

10/7/57 6/58

6023

XK655

T.Mk2

28/11/57 1-3/58

6401

G-APDA

Comet 4

27/4/58 4/6/58 12/6/58 12/7-15/7/58 16/7-29/7/58

6029

XK671

C.Mk.2

22/8/58 26/8/58 13/12/61

6403

G-APDB

Comet 4

3/9/58

6406

G-APDE

Comet 4

20/9/58 21-22/9/58

6405

G-APDD

Comet 4

5-6/10/58

6409

G-APDH

Comet 4

21/11/58 1/12/58

6407

G-APDF

Comet 4

11/12/58

6412

G-APDK

Comet 4

3-12/2/59

6408

LV-PLM

Comet 4

16/2/59

6410

LV-PLO

Comet 4

24-25/2/59 18/3/59

6408

LV-AHN

Comet 4

28/3/59 4-5/59 5/7/59 8/7/59 15/7/59

6411

LV-AHP

Comet 4

12-17/5/59

6410

LV-AHO

Comet 4

19-20/5/59 4-5/7/59

6421

G-APMA

Comet 4B

3/7/59 22/7/59 7/9/59 9/9/59 25-29/9/59 1/10/59-6/10/59 29/10/59 18-26/5/60 13/4/65

6034

XK698

Comet 2C

12/8/59 19/7/65

6422

G-APMB

Comet 4B

17/8/59 25,26,28/9/59 4,5/9/59 15/9/59 14/10/59 16/10/59

6424

G-AOVU

Comet 4C

31/10/59 11/11/59 1-19/12/59 8/1/60 12-14/1/60 19-28/2/60

6429

G-APDJ

Comet 4

24/12/59

6424

XA-NAR

Comet 4C

8/6/60 27/6/60-2/7/60 19-25/6/60 16/11/60 11/60-7/61 31/3/61-11/8/61

6425

XA-NAS

Comet 4C

27/6/60-2/7/60 4/7/60 19-25/6/60 11/60-7/61 31/3/61-11/8/61

6431

VP-KPJ

Comet 4

25/7/60 17/9/60-23/9/60

6433

VP-KPK

Comet 4

6/10/60

6443

XA-NAT

Comet 4C

11/60-7/61 31/3/61-11/8/61

6459

G-ARJN

Comet 4B

21/7/61-26/7/61

6468

XR396

Comet 4C

28/12/61

6469

XR397

Comet 4C

21/2/62

6414

G-APDM

Comet 4

22/9/62

6463

ST-AAX

Comet 4C

21/12/62

6457

ST-AAW

Comet 4C

10-11/1/63

6458

SU-ALM

Comet 4C

23/10/63

6474

9K-ACE

Comet 4C

17/12/63 8-9/4/66

6045

XK716

Comet 2C

15/10/64

6439

SU-ALC

Comet 4C

17/12/64

6465

9K-ACA

Comet 4C

21-27/6/66

6427

9K-ACI

Comet 4

15-19/12/66

L.E.F. [Ted] Young

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