If I am correct there is a link between these shots, can you identify it, which is the odd one out and why?
If I have identified these correctly, you can not see any of these fly today in the UK other than the Spitfire.
They have all either been sold abroad, scrapped, grounded, crashed or the COA has expired. The Spitfire did a wheels up landing years ago, was repaired and is still flying today. As the only current flyer in the UK today, it is the odd one out. (Non of the crashes were fatal BTW).
Please correct me if I am wrong on any of these
1 Scrapped
2 Sold abroad for spares
3 Sold abroad
4 Sold abroad
5 Grounded, awaiting repair
6 Scrapped, scrapped and bottom of sea
7 Grounded
8 Sold abroad for spares
9 Grounded
10 Grounded
11 Grounded, COA expired
12 Crashed
13 Crashed
14 Grounded, COA expired
15 Grounded, in store
16 Sold abroad
17 Grounded
18 Scrapped
19 Crashed
20 Airworthy YEAH
21 Scrapped
22 Crashed
23 Scrapped
1
Scrapped, the nose section survives at the Auto & Technik Museum, Germany
2
Sold to France, Apache Aviation for spares
3
Sold to New Zealand around 2014 as ZK-VPR
4
Sold to Australia around 2016
5
Grounded awaiting repair
6
Tornado GR4 ZA458 RTP and scrap, ZD742 RTP and scrap, ZG792 crew ejected safely when the aircraft caught fire, aircraft went down into open sea off Loch Ewe, near Gairloch, Wester Ross, Scotland
7
Grounded
8
To USMC for spares recovery
9
Grounded, in Cosford Museum
10
Grounded, Gate Guard Italy (apparently) or sent back to US
11
COA expired 2017
12
Crashed 2015, written off
13
Crashed 2013, written off
14
Grounded, COA expired 2016
15
Grounded, in store
16
Sold abroad to Finland 2010
17
Grounded at Predannack Fire School
18
Scrapped, fuselage survives near Ogbourne St Andrew, Wiltshire
19
Crashed at Duxford
20
Airworthy
21
Scrapped at Leeming
22
Crashed 2012
23
Scrapped at Leeming 2012
