Aircraft Photo of WV826 | Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6 | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #704871
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:WV826
Military Code:CU-147
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Sea Hawk
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Sea Hawk
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6
C/n (msn):AW6071
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location
City / Airport:CardiffMap
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGFF   IATA: CWL   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Wales Aircraft Museum
 
Photo Date:5 July 1984
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 704871
Photo Comment

Delivered to the Royal Navy as Sea Hawk FGA.4 WV826 in 1954. Modified to a Sea Hawk FGA.6 in 1959. To the School of Aircraft Handling, Culdrose in 1962 and used ground trainer A2632. Moved to Swansea for preservation in 1977 then to the Wales Aircraft Museum, Cardiff in 1981. Moved to Bruntingthorpe in 1996 when the museum closed then to the Malta Aviation Museum in 1999.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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