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[ A UUEncoded file (199205_ila92_hawk_t1a_xx345 y_19sqn.jpg) was
included here. ]

As an accomplished nitpicker, I would point out that it's No.151
Squadron (squadron markings a white saltire on a blue ground), not
No.19 (blue and white checks). As far as I can tell, XX345 has
served with Nos.100 and 208 Squadrons as well, but not No,19.
Woops...
File named from 19sqn :/, but recorded under 151 Sqn in our database

Keep up the good work with posting the photos!
What about enclosed XX239 ?

Looks like the CFS badge on the fin. Definitely not No.19.
See http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/19squadron.cfm
[...] the Squadron disbanded in January 1992. The numberplate was then
assigned to one of the three Hawk squadrons at RAF Valley; No. 63
(Reserve) Squadron becoming No. 19 (Reserve) Squadron in September 1992.

Well, it seems that defense cuts make traditions difficult to
understand on both sides of the Channel...

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafshawbury/aboutus/cfs.cfm says :
The CFS Hawk Sqn, alternatively known as No 19(F) Sqn, is based at RAF
Valley and [...]

I did look briefly for the CFS, but didn't find it on the RAF site.
Nothing I found anywhere referred to No.19 as the CFS. It's all very
confusing these days, with what used to be active squadrons being
assigned to various training units and being known by more than one name
at a time.

The badge on the fin is the CFS, though.

It all used to be so simple. When I was in the ATC, my squadron once
spent a week at Little Rissington, where the CFS flew Gnats, and another
at Leconfield, where Nos. 19 and 92 flew Lightnings,
We only got rides in Chipmunks, apart from one highly enjoyable flight
in a Provost (the original piston-engined version).
--
Peter

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