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Registration / Serial: | N15-709 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 748 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-748 (Andover) |
Aircraft Version: | Hawker Siddeley HS-748 Srs2/268 |
C/n (msn): | 1709 |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Sydney - BankstownMap |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSBK IATA: BWU Local: - Other: - |
Collection: | Bankstown Aviation Museum - (Closed) |
Photo Date: | 1 November 2008 |
Photo by: | Dave Soderstrom |
Photo ID: | 736603 |
Photo Comment |
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Delivered to RAN 29/05/73 arriving Nowra NSW 07/06/73. Later coded '800'. Fitted with specialised electronic equipment between 1978 and 1980 and subsequently used for electronic countermeasures training. Initially operated by 851 Squadron and transferred to 723 Squadron 31/08/84. Decommissioned 23/06/00 and ferried East Sale for storage/sale 26/06/00. The logistics of moving such a large aircraft proved too much and N15-709 was broken up in 10/2019. On 23/10/2019 the forward fuselage plus a 2-metre section of the centre fuselage containing the EWTS arrived at FAAM Nowra This photo is copyright © Dave Soderstrom, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 13 October 2024, and has since been viewed 89 times. |