Aircraft History |
XG544 | |||
Royal Air Force | |||
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1956-12-14 | Built at Filton, dd 14 Dec 1956 275 Sq Feb 1957 72 Sq Oct 1961 72 Squadron | ||
1961-10 | A EGDT | withdrawn from 15 MU storage at Wroughton and prepared for operations. | |
1961-10-27 | B EGAA | 118 Sq to 118 Sq to replace damaged XG521. 118 Squadron The Border Campaign | |
1961-11 | C HKRE | Temporarily withdrawn from 118 Sq in Northern Ireland via Odiham during Nov 1961, to join the Flood Relief effort in Kenya. 118 Squadron Mombasa Flood Relief Operations | |
MCS (Metro Comms Sq) Jan 1964 32 Sq Feb 1969 until Aug 1972 (last Sycamore in RAF Service). 32 (The Royal) Squadron | |||
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1972-08-11 | D Barton Pines | Torbay Aircraft Museum Flew into Barton Pines on 11 Aug 1972 as one of founding exhibits at the Torbay Aircraft Museum. Still there 1974, 1976, 1980. Sold 1988. | |
1989 | E Tremar | Stored to Tremar by , still 1994. Sold c Nov 2000. | |
If you think you saw this flying in the 1990s, it will very likely have been HB-RXB, painted as XG544. |
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