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Constructed as a Hunter F.5. |
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Circa 17 August 1952 |
Struck off Strength/Charge. |
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17 August 1952 |
New serial number assigned: 7582M RAF |
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21 July 1955 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WP190. |
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Transferred to 1 Squadron, RAF Tangmere. |
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Participated in operations during the Suez Crisis. |
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To RAF Stanbridge. |
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Markings Applied: WP180 |
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To Hunter Restoration Flight. |
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To Raymond Hansed. |
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Restored. |
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13 February 1976 |
New serial number assigned: 8473M RAF |
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26 November 1994 |
Sold. |
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5 June 2002 |
To Tangmere Military Aviation Museum. |
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From Circa 5 June 2002 to Circa June 2002 |
Placed in storage waiting for the new museum hangar to be built. |
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By June 2002 |
Transported by ground. Delivered to Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Trust, Tangmere, Sussex-West, England. |
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2006 |
Credits Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier... Print Sources European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden Internet Sources Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society Thunder and Lightnings UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group |
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