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Other Operators
Although the main warbird operators have their own pages, there are other collectors who are regularly seen on the airshow circuit in the UK.
Woodchurch Warbirds (Rob Davies)
Rob Davies is a familiar face on the UK airshow scene flying his CAC built P-51K, which now flies in the markings of Col John Landers "Big Beautiful Doll" of the Duxford based 78th FG. Rob also owns a Yak C11 and an AT-6D Texan. As the name would suggest, the collection is based at Woodchurch in Kent, and hosts it's own airshow each year.
Aircraft Owned & Operated
CAC P-51K Mustang "Big Beautiful Doll"
Yak C11
AT-6D Texan
Robs Lamplough
Aircraft Owned & Operated
Spitfire Mk VIII
P-51D Mustang "Miss Helen"
AT-6D
Warbird Experiences (Colin Dabin) T-6G G-DDMV
It's thought that 'Mike Victor' was originally constructed in 1943 as Serial No: 168-313 but sadly her wartime records have long since disappeared.
She was 're-manufactured' as a T-6 'G' variant in 1949 and served with various USAF training wings from 1951 until she was 'struck off charge' and sold to the Haitian Air Force in 1954. She saw action and was used in anger in an abortive coup in Haiti in the late fifties, probably fitted with wing mounted external machine guns and bomb ordnance in a ground attack role.
After her military service, she had returned to the USA by 1960 where she was operated by a number of owners before being sold to the late Paul Morgan and imported into the UK in 1990. Paul had her painted in a classic yellow California Air National Guard scheme in the 1990's.
Paul Morgan owned a number of other warbirds in the UK including the P-51D "Susy", an FG-1D Corsair, and Sea Fury "Baby Gorilla". After his untimely death, his collection was slowly aquired by other warbird enthusiasts and in March, 2005, G-DDMV was acquired from Paul's wife Elizabeth with the aim to continue to maintain the aircraft in pristine condition and to share with others the pleasure of flying this wonderful example of the famous type.
You too can fly this machine, find out more by clicking the banner below.
All photographs: Copyright © UK Warbirds unless otherwise credited. Unauthorised use of any of the images found on this site prohibited. Please note that UK Warbirds is in no way officially connected to any of the owners or operators mentioned on this site. The views expressed on this web site are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of companies or individuals mentioned.