Look inside incredible UK plane graveyard where war-ready fighter jets are left to ROT including 1950s Hawker Hunter

Scottish Sun

16-05-2025

The airfield is located near one of the UK's major RAF bases
GROUNDED Look inside incredible UK plane graveyard where war-ready fighter jets are left to ROT including 1950s Hawker Hunter
AN EXPLORER has revealed the remnants of an abandoned ex-military plane field – including a rotting 1951 Hawker Hunter jet.
Abandoned UK, as they're known online, came across the site while out on a sunny walk.
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Several abandoned fighter jets are located at the site
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Many of the jets are in a state of disrepair
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Some of the planes were used in 1951
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They have visited other plane graveyards before, though this one, located in Scampton, Lincolnshire, left them particularly shocked.
Left behind were iconic British fighter jets that would've been used in wars; dating back to as far as 1951.
And the explorer described what he saw to be 'like something out of a film'.
In a clip, which has racked up 11,000 views, he trawls through a tall – and unkempt – field of wheat.
As he makes his way to the other side, though, a series of impressive jets are shown, partially covered with grey tarpaulin.
The aircrafts appear to be in immaculate condition, until he takes a closer look and spots signs of rotting.
Confused by why they've been left behind, he looks through the windows at all the controls and spec inside.
The engines, which are rusted and need replacing, have a date of last inspection – with one dating back to 1972.
As he claims to have asked the field owner for permission to access the grounds, he was allowed inside one of the aircraft's cockpits.
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He says the area isn't just notable for its planes, though.
The nearby RAF base used to be the home of The Dambusters, a group of Royal Air Force aircrews, who were known for their raid on German dams during World War II.
'These planes have no use now, but they were used for parts until the nearby airbase closed,' he told What's The Jam.
'There was also a Buccaneer and a Phantom.
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Several planes even had components which were still in incredible condition
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Some of the jets even had names printed on their exteriors
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'It was part of a farmer's field where they are stored and it was quite sad to see the aircrafts out in the open with no protection.
'There wasn't [much] damage, but they were rotting.
'Some still had their controls, some were stripped.
'The atmosphere was very calm and it looked like something out of a film.'
He says that a lot of people mistake the planes for being on the RAF's Scampton base, in which only officials are allowed to access.
These planes, though, are actually stored on a nearby private field.
The explorer added: 'It's such a shame for these ex-military aircrafts to be left with no future.
'They'd be better off in a museum, than in a field left to all weathers.'