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Erwin you could be right that by that time it were still GR1's and later became GR3 after their nose modification. I'm not that familiar with the variant of this type. Thanks for the remark!
Gerrit

Thanks Key for this very valuable information. I always thought oh- for obsolete... So very intertesting, i have to change my oh numbers in my archive to zero's now! In those days the registration was indeed on the cockpit panel above the instruments, to be used as a callsign. I remember old flightp...

The holiday season started… and this very boring time lasted to my idea till the end of the year! Time to make up my mind for my future. As a rookie those days I wanted to become a GCA-controller. (Ground Controlled Approach) but I had to wait another 15 years to reach that goal because seats were l...

On the 8th of April I was lucky to get permission to shoot this magnificent aircraft inside the huge former submarine shipyard. It was pole mounted in the meanwhile and will be the star attraction for the exhibition De Aanval (The Attack) of Rotterdam City during WW2. It will be open between april 3...

Some shots of today, rather hazy but anyway it felt like summer! The Oregons F15's all flew, but no Florida's! May they had to organise the BBQ tonight...

Soesterberg May 31 1990: the arrival of 10 F15C and two F15D of 33TFW 60TFS EG: C: 85117, 85118, 85123, 86145, 86156, 86165, 86166, 86175, 86176, 86177, D: 85132, 85134. Now the 132 is present at Leeuwarden as Oregon ANG. At that time these were brand new, like myself...

Flyboy wrote:85-0132 was EG in 1992 during CORONET VOLUNTEER on Soesterberg.

Correct Flyboy, 10 F15C en 2 F15D arrived Soesterberg 31-05-1990 part of 60 TFS 33TFW see picture (sorry does not work, why?)

123rdFIS/142FIG Oregon ANG: the unit was originally organized op April 18 1941 when the 123 Observation Sq was activated at Swan Island Airport Portland. Equipped with NA O-47’s and Stinson O-49’s. Called to active duty they flew from Gray Field, Ft Lewis WA anti-submarine patrol along the Pacific ...

and the F16's:

The 159FIS/TFS 125FIG has a long history going back to the forties in UK till VE-day flying P-47 and P-51. Inactivated in the fall of 1945, the unit was allotted to the National Guard and the 159FS was federally recognized on Febr 9 1947. It first flew the F-51D from the Thomas Cole Municipal Airpor...

This morning a Heinkel111 was delivered by boat to Rotterdam on behalve of the exposition about the bombing of the city May 14th 1940. See http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/23846139/__Heinkel_in_R_dam_aangekomen__.html http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1038/Rotterdam/article/detail/3924736/2015/03/25/Gehate-H...

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13 June 1974: Harriers GR3 ( or were it still GR1 /GR1A's then? see rmks Erwin &Erik below )) of nr 4SQ XV782C, XV784D, XV806H, XW924L. S11’s PHHOH 6275 (ex E39-199K), PHHOL 6270 (ex E27), PHMSH 6269 (ex E26). F104G KLu D8294, D8288,D6655,D8104 all 322/323SQ. 17 June 1974 F104G KLu D8138 306SQ Alo ...

More shots June:

plus the nice Alouette: