This picture taken 2nd May 2009, shows
the commemorative plague located on the roundabout
to the station main entrance depicting the Bristol
Britannia Long rang transport aircraft that operated
from RAF Lyneham from 19th March 1959 to 1st June 1970.
It lists the aircraft tail numbers and aircraft names
given to the separate airplanes.
The plague was presented by The Britannia Association
on the 30th April 1994 to all those who contributed to
the successful operation of the Britannia aircraft. The
badges at the bottom are No 99 Squadron and No 511 Squadron
who both operated the long range transport aircraft.
The station badge is in the centre.
Britannia C Mk 1: XM489 Denebola, XM490 Aldebaran, XM491
Procyon, XM496 Regulus, XM497 Schedar, XM498 Hadar, XM517
Avior, XM518 Spica, XM519 Capella, XM520 Arcturus, XL635
Bellatrix, XL636 Argo, XL637 Vega, XL638 Sirius, XL639
Atria, XL640 Antares, XL657 Rigel, XL658 Adhara, XL659
Polaris, XL660 Alphard.
Britannia C Mk 2: XN392 Acrux, XN398 Altair, XN404 Canopus, |
