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    Airframe Family: English Electric Lightning
    Latest Model:Lightning F.1
    Last Military Serial:XM144 RAF
    Compressed ID:English Electric Lightning F.1 sn X...
    Latest Owner or Location:Shannon Aviation Museum / Atlantic Airventure, Shannon, Clare

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    Dates

    Event

    1960

    Constructed as a Lightning F.1.

    30 September 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XM144.

    Transferred to 74 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, Fife.

    16 June 1964

    Transferred to 226 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.

    29 September 1964

    Involved in an incident.
    Damaged in emergency landing at RAF Coltishall when nose wheel failed to deploy.

    From 1967 to August 1969

    Transferred to Target Facilities Flight, RAF Wattisham, Suffolk.

    30 July 1971

    To Target Facilities Flight, RAF Leuchars.
    And issued to their, later absorbed into 23 Squadron there.

    1974

    Transferred to RAF Leuchars.
    With instructional airframe serial.

    1974

    New serial number assigned: 8417M RAF

    8 April 1978

    Mounted on the gate at RAF Leuchars.

    To Shannon Aviation Museum/Atlantic Airventure, Shannon, Clare.
    Only the nose survives here.
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    2 September 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Lightning F.1A gate guardian in 74 Squadron markings on display at the 1978 RAF Leuchars Airshow, Fife.

    23 September 1989


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1989 photo at RAF Leuchars


    Photographer: Unknown
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