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Constructed as a Lightning F.6. |
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16 December 1965 |
First flight. |
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10 September 1966 |
Spotted at the Society of British Aircraft Companies Airshow at Farnborough in Royal Saudi Air Force markings with dual s/n XR 770 and 53-. |
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26 September 1966 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XR770. |
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Transferred to 74 Squadron. |
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September 1974 |
Transferred to 23 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, Fife. |
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April 1976 |
Transferred to 56 Squadron, RAF Wattisham, Suffolk. |
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August 1978 |
Transferred to 5 Squadron, RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire. |
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13 June 1987 |
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June 1988 |
Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force. |
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June 1988 |
To Town of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
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September 2006 |
To Grimsby-Cleethorpes Aircraft Preservation Group, Grainthorp. |
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September 2008 |
To 5 Squadron, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. |
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3 March 2015 |
To RAF Manston History Museum, RAF Manston, Woodchurch, Kent, England. |
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22 June 2023 |
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