| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | WV256 |
| Military Code: | VL-862 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hawker Hunter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hawker Hunter |
| Aircraft Version: | Hawker Hunter GA11 |
| C/n (msn): | 41H/670758 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | YeoviltonMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGDY IATA: YEO Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Yeovilton International Air Day 1982 |
| Photo Date: | 31 July 1982 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 654547 |
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Delivered to the RAF as Hunter F.4 WV256 in 1955. Converted to a Hunter GA.11 for the Royal Navy 1963. Stored at Shawbury in 1995. Sold in 2000. Registered as G-BZPB in 2001, restored to airworthy condition and painted as WB188. Stored at Exeter from 2003. Moved to Kemble in 2006 then to Coventry in 2010 and the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay in 2012. Moved to Badwell Green. Suffolk in 2023 after it was forced to close. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 13 February 2024, and has since been viewed 210 times. |