Jet Provost T.3 XM362 at Leeming airfield.
On 11th October 1963 Jet Provost XM362 of No.3 Flying Training School made a heavy landing at Leeming sustaining minor Cat.2 damage. It was later repaired on site.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Jet Provost XM362 was built to contract 6/ACFT/14157 by Hunting Aircraft Ltd. at Luton, it was awaiting collection on 21st August 1959 and appears to have been flown to 27 MU at Shawbury on the same
date. On 5th October 1959 it was taken on charge by No.2 Flying Training School at Syerston. On 30th August 1960 it sustained Cat.3R repairable damage in a crash at Syerston. It was repaired on site by
60 MU and returned to 2 FTS charge on 16th September 1960. On 15th November 1960 it went to Hunting Aircraft Ltd. at Luton for modifications. It was awaiting collection on 2nd March 1961 but appears to
have remained uncollected as it was next taken on charge by No.3 Flying Training School at Leeming on 1st December 1961. On 11th October 1963 a Cat.2/FA damage assessment was made following a landing mishap
at Leeming. On 16th March 1964 it sustained further repairable damage at Leeming airfield. This was initially assessed as Cat.3R but on 19th August 1964 it was upgraded to Re.Cat.4. It was then taken by
road to Hunting Aircraft Ltd. at Luton for a repair in works. On 24th June 1965 it was returned to No.3 F.T.S. charge. On 6th July 1966 it sustained Cat.4R damage in another crash at Leeming. It was then taken
to BAC Ltd. at Warton for another repair in works and once servicable it returned to No.3 F.T.S. charge. On 16th February 1968 it went to 27 MU at Shawbury and then on 14th March 1972 it went to 5 MU at
Kemble. On 14th February 1973 it was declared a non-effective airframe. On 21st March 1973 it was converted to Ground Instructional Airframe 8230M. On 17th October 1973 it went to No.1 School of Technical
Training at Halton. It ended up at the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering at Cosford and after this nothing more is known of it.