| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | XT429 |
| Alternate Serial: | A2720 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Westland P-531 Scout/Wasp |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland P-531 Scout/Wasp |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland Wasp HAS1 (P-531-2) |
| C/n (msn): | F9599 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | CuldroseMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGDR IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Culdrose Air Day 1966 |
| Photo Date: | 23 July 1966 |
| Photo by: | Mike Cain |
| Photo ID: | 468110 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to Royal Navy 1st June 1965. During the Falklands conflict, it was attacked and damaged in South Georgia on 25th April 1982. To Air Engineering School at RNAS Lee-on-Solent as an instructional airframe 1988 and allocated maintenance serial A2720. To the Malaysian Navy as M499-08 in August 1992 and withdrawn from use 26th Sept.2002. This photo is copyright © Mike Cain, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 June 2022, and has since been viewed 392 times. |