Aircraft Photo of WZ458 / 7728M | De Havilland D.H. 115 Vampire T11 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #313751
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:WZ458
Alternate Serial:7728M
Military Code:31
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 100/113/115 Vampire
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 115 Vampire T11
C/n (msn):15074
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:North WealdMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGSX   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:RAFA Display 1963
 
Photo Date:3 June 1963
Photo by:Ken Wales (via Terry Dann)
Photo ID: 313751
Photo Comment

Ex-8 FTS at Debden, allocated maintenance serial 7728M. Allocated to 2317 ATC Sqn, Harlow May 1963 to 10 August 1967 and kept at North Weald outside 414 Sqn HQ. To 1312 ATC Sqn, Southend 11 August 1967 until 29 September 1978. Stored with the British Historic Aircraft Museum airframes on the eastern boundary then at the squadron HQ. To PEE, Shoeburyness 1 December 1978 until April 1980. Sold for scrap to Swefling Engineering, Swefling. Pod to Blyth Valley Aircraft Collection, Walpole [first noticed September 1988]. Reduced to produce sometime between January 1994-March 1996.

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