495 Squadron (Sutton Coldfield), Air Training Corps
XD603 at Sutton Coldfield
The History of Vampire XD602
Vampire T.11 XD602 was built by De Havilland Aircraft Ltd. at their Hatfield factory under contract number 8981, its career is as follows:
| Date | Location |
| 20.10.54 | De Havilland Aircraft Ltd, Hatfield. Awaiting Collection |
| 26.10.54 | 27 Maintenance Unit, Shawbury |
| 15.09.55 | Loaned To RAF Andover For Battle of Britain Display |
| 19.09.55 | 27 Maintenance Unit, Shawbury |
| 28.09.55 | 125 Squadron, RAF Stradishall |
| 20.02.57 | To Marshall Aerospace, Cambridge, For Modifications |
| 22.02.57 | Repair In The Works (RIW), De Havilland |
| 28.06.57 | RIW |
| 11.07.57 | 10 Maintenance Unit, Hullavington |
| 15.10.58 | 22 Maintenance Unit, Silloth |
| 23.09.59 | To RAF College Cranwell |
| 29.09.61 | Flying Accident (FA), Category 5 (write off) |
| 06.10.61 | Airframe Damage Assessment (A.D.A.) - Category 5(gi) - Ground Instructional Airframe |
| 27.11.61 | Issued To Maintenance Command As 7737M And Assigned To 494 Squadron (Smethwick), Air Training Corps |
| 1974-1980 |
495 Squadron (Sutton Coldfield), Air Training Corps
XD603 at Sutton Coldfield |
| South Yorkshire Air Museum, Firbeck, Yorkshire, England | |
| 21.08.99 | Dundonald Aviation Centre, Strathclyde, Scotland |
| 29.06.01 | Karl Edmondson, South Shields, England |