RAF Coltishall, Guardroom Heritage

02/09/2026

From a post card published by The Aeroplane magazine, their chief photographer Alfred Long captured the units CO, Sqn Ldr John Howe putting XM147 through its paces in May 1961.

31/08/2026

28/08/2026

Many thanks to John Hale for contributing 2 photo albums to the Heritage Centre, it is greatly appreciated.

26/08/2026

A Heavylift Belfast and a Hercules being loaded prior to a deployment.

21/08/2026

3 more photos discovered in our archive to add to the album.

19/08/2026

Thank you to the family of Plt Off AC Wright, for allowing us the long term loan of some items from his career. He was at Coltishall as a Plt Off on 141 Sqn flying Meteors in 1952/53 before being promoted and working FWHQ for his last 9 months before posting to Germany.

15/08/2026

Saudi Training Flight
On the 15 Feb 1968, four RSAF T55 Lightnings arrived from Warton. These aircraft were operated within 3 Sqn of 226 OCU, which became responsible for training Saudi pilots, with the aim of the initial batch becoming the instructors back in Saudi Arabia. They stayed until the middle of 1969, with the first pair leaving in July, and them all being back in Saudi by the end of August.
The photos are from the Coltishall archive, from BAC promotional photos and unknown photographers.

11/08/2026

The morning of the 11th August 1990, it was an impressive sight to find that 10 of the jets had been resprayed pink. Last couple of jets, being painted during a night stop on route to Thumrait.