| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | XR445 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 114 Sea Heron C.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 14092 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | Yeovilton SF |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Amsterdam - SchipholMap |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EHAM IATA: AMS Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1 December 1989 |
| Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
| Photo ID: | 599963 |
| Photo Comment |
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Three Sea Heron C1s of the Yeovilton Station Flight visited Schiphol on a cold December day. XR445 was delivered as VR-NCF on 11 January 1956, became G-ARKW on 17 March 1961 and was assigned to the Royal Navy in late 1978 and withdrawn from use on 19 December 1989. It was stored at RAF Shawbury and sold as G-ORSJ in April 1990. That registration was cancelled from the UK civil aircraft register on 23 August 1993. The Heron was dumped at Booker and the airframe was sadly scrapped in 1996. This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 6 September 2023, and has since been viewed 328 times. |