Jet Provost T.5a XW315 damaged in the air, landed at Leeming airfield.
On 5th July 1984 Jet Provost XW315, of the Central Flying School suffered an in flight fire during training flight. The pilot was able to land safely at Leeming airfield where the unit was based.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Jet Provost XW315 was built to contract KC/E/124 by BAC Ltd. initially at Luton but was completed at Warton. On 17th July 1970 it was taken on charge by No.3 Flying Training School at Leeming. On
20th March 1972 a Cat.4R damage assessment was made against it and in May 1972 it was transported to BAC Ltd. at Warton for a repair in works. Once servicable on 17th May 1973 it was returned to No.3 F.T.S.
charge. On 21st January 1975 it went back to BAC Ltd. at Warton for conversion to T.5A status. This was complete in May 1975 and it was flown back to Leeming on 27th May 1975 but does not appear to have been
issued to a unit so was probably stored there. On 27th November 1975 it was taken on charge by the Central Flying School at Little Rissington. On 12th April 1976 it was transferred to the R.A.F.C. at Cranwell.
On 27th September 1977 it went back to Leeming and joined the C.F.S.. On 5th July 1984 it suffered an inflight fire during a training flight though the pilot was able to land safely
at Leeming. A Cat.4 damage assessment was made but it appears to have not been repaired. In December 1984 it was transported to Scampton and stored. In October 1986 it went to Abingdon to be used for repair
training. In 1989 it was scrapped but the nose / cockpit was saved and still exists.