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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:Phantom FG.1
    Last Military Serial:XT597 MoD
    Construction Number:1611
    Compressed ID:McDonnell Phantom FG.1 sn XT597 MoD...
    Latest Owner or Location:British Phantom Aviation Group, Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1966

    Constructed as a Phantom FG.1.
    Spent her entire life on various trials work, including the initial carrier suitability trials on USS Coral Sea.

    1 November 1966

    First flight.

    1 August 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ministry of Defence with s/n XT597.

    By 1974

    Transferred to AAEE, Boscombe Down.

    23 July 1983


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1983 photo of Phantom FG.1 at Greenham Common

    23 July 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Greenham Common IAT 83

    15 July 1985


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Departing IAT Fairford.

    13 June 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAE Boscombe Down Air Show

    13 June 1992


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Phantom FG.1 of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at the 1992 Air Tattoo International at Boscombe Down.

    28 January 1994

    Last flight.
    The last Rolls-Royce Spey-powered Phantom to fly.

    From By 1995 to By 1999

    To DTEO Boscombe Down.
    For lightning tests.

    By 2000

    To Boscombe Down Aviation Collection.

    2013

    To Everett Aero, Moat Farm, Sproughton, Suffolk, England.
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    2 October 2019

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at British Phantom Aviation Group, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England.

    21 July 2021

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at British Phantom Aviation Group, Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England.
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    21 May 2022


    Photographer: Andrew Appleton
    Notes: Phantom XT597 dismantled at Kemble, pending restoration.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     Thunder and Lightnings
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Andrew Appleton
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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