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    Airframe Family: Bristol Sycamore
    Latest Model:Sycamore HR.14
    Last Military Serial:XJ918 RAF
    Construction Number:13413
    Compressed ID:Bristol Sycamore HR.14 sn XJ918 RAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ulster Aviation Society (Long Kesh Hangar), Lisburn, Mazetown, Lisburn, Northern Ireland

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a Sycamore HR.14.

    11 January 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XJ918.

    15 May 1957

    Transferred to 275 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

    31 July 1959

    Transferred to A and AEE, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire.
    Deployed to Malaysia for blade trials.

    15 October 1959

    Transferred to Kuala Lumpur Station Flight, Malaysia.

    17 March 1960

    Transferred to RAF Seletar Station Flight, Singapore.

    10 June 1960

    Transferred to 110 Squadron, Butterworth Malaysia, later RAF Seletar, Singapore.

    June 1965

    Transported by ship.
    Returned to UK for storage.

    11 April 1968

    Transferred to Metropolitan Communications Squadron, RAF Northolt.
    Renamed 32 Squadron in 1969.

    20 December 1971

    Transferred to 2 School of Technical Training, RAF Cosford, Shropshire.
    Operated with markings: 8190M

    1983

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at RAF Museum, Cosford

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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    December 2022

    To Ulster Aviation Society (Long Kesh Hangar), Lisburn, Mazetown, Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
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