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    Airframe Family: Supermarine Scimitar
    Latest Model:Scimitar F.1
    Last Military Serial:WT859 RN
    Compressed ID:Supermarine Scimitar F.1 sn WT859 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:Boscombe Down Museum, Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Scimitar F.1.
    Built by Vickers-Armstrong at Hursley Park

    26 June 1956

    First flight.
    Piloted by M. J. Lithgow.

    28 August 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WT859.
    Aand AEE Boscombe Down.

    29 October 1960

    New serial number assigned: A2499 RN
    Allocated to SAH Culdrose as an instructional airframe.

    25 November 1971

    Transferred to Pamp; EE Shoeburyness.

    To Boscombe Down Museum, RAF Boscombe Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
    Only the cockpit section survived here.
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    To Boscombe Down Museum, Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
    Only the cockpit section survives here.
    View the Location Dossier

    1 February 2014


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