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
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