
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | "XE364" |
Military Code: | J-485 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk |
Aircraft Version: | Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6 |
C/n (msn): | AW6385 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | SouthendMap |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGMC IATA: SEN Local: - Other: - |
Collection: | Historic Aircraft Museum |
Photo Date: | 20 September 1977 |
Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
Photo ID: | 570772 |
Photo Comment |
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Delivered to the Royal Navy as XE489 in 1956. Preserved at Southend from 1967. Repainted as XE364 in 1972. Sold as G-JETH when the museum closed in 1983 and moved to Bournemouth -Hurn. G-JETH was rebuilt with the fuselage of WM983 and the wings of XE489. It went to the Gatwick Aviation Museum in 1987 marked as XE489. The fuselage of XE489 was attached to the wings of WV909 which had previously been attached to WM983 and the tail of WM983. It went to Chilton Candelo in 1987 then to Soesterberg, Netherlands in 1989 and was repainted as 131. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 10 May 2023, and has since been viewed 214 times. |