Registered as VR-NAQ in 1955 then G-ARKU and to the Royal Navy as XR443 in 1961. Sold as G-ODLG in 1990 then VH-NJP in 1993. Preserved at Sharjah with fake registration G-ANFE from 2003.

Sandwich'd between XR441 and XR445, this Sea Heron visited Schiphol on a cold December day. XR445 was delivered as VR-NAQ on 13 April 19555 and became G-ARKU on 17 March 1961. Was delivered to the Fleet Air Arm Heron Flight on 24 August 1960. It was withdrawn from use on 19 December 1989. Following a storage period at RAF Shawbury it became G-ODLG on 31 August 1993. That was cancelled on 8 September 1993 when the Heron became VH-NJP. It is preserved at Bankstown (Australia), and then moved to Al Mahatta Aviation Museum Sharjah (UAE) as "G-ANFE".

This aircraft is now on display at the Al Mahatta Aviation Museum, Sharjah, UAE, in Gulf Aviation livery and painted as G-ANFE.

Preserved at the Al Mahatta Aviation Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in Gulf Airways colours.

Fake reg G-ANFE, last used civil id was VH-NJP

This beautiful aircraft is now preserved in the Al Mahatah Museum in Sharjah, painted with the fictitious registration G-ANFE.