Aircraft Photo of XV208 | Lockheed C-130K Hercules W2 (L-382) | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #755673
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XV208
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed L-100 Hercules
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed C-130 Hercules (L-082/182/282/382)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed C-130K Hercules W2 (L-382)
C/n (msn):382-4233
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:MRF - Meterological Research Flight
Location
City / Airport:AbingdonMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGUD   IATA: ABB   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Battle of Britain at Home Day 1986
 
Photo Date:14 September 1985
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 755673
Photo Comment

Delivered to the RAF as Hercules C.1 XV208 in 1967. Modified to a Hercules W.2 for weather research in 1973. To Marshalls for use as an A400M engine testbed in 2005. Scrapped at Cambridge in 2015.

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

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