Keeping idle hands and mind busy on the last day of my lockdown vacation .. have had this in the loft for the last 5 years awaiting such an occasion!
My model of the English Electric Lightening F.2A, is complete. Most commonly seen in silver, I decided on the camouflaged variant as flown by Wing Commander R.K. Barcilon, No. 19 Squadron, based at RAF Gutersloh Germany, in late 1974.
Entering RAF squadron service in 1960, the Lightening represented a quantum leap in capability and performance over the RAF’s previous interceptor jets, offering Mach 2+ performance as well as a phenomenal rate of climb.
Having done a bit of digging it's interesting to see the Lightening was also used in a display team back in 1963!
Eventually replaced in 1988, superseded by the Tornado, the Lightening remains one of the RAF’s fastest fighter jets of all time; even the new F35 Lightening II now entering service can only boast Mach 1.6!
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