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Sea Vixen XJ607 at NAS Karup, Denmark, April 1971.
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Serial #: XJ607 Construction #: 10074 Civil Registration: None |
Model(s): FAW.1 Sea Vixen. FAW.2 Sea Vixen Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2011 |
Built as FAW.1 by de Havilland, 1960.
Delivered to Royal Navy as XJ607.
- BOC: January 10, 1961.
- SOC: 1987
- Served with 893, 890 and 899 squadrons.
- Converted to FAW.2, Feb. 28, 1964.
- Served with 893, 892, 766 and 890 Squadrons.
- Assigned to RAF Cranwell as instructional airframe, 1971.
- Stored at RAF Cosford, 1980-1987.
- Put up for disposal, 1987.
Stored at Southhampton Airport, awaiting restoration, Oct. 1987.
Moved to RAF Dunsfold for restoration
Broken up, March 1996. John Hallet, 1996.
- Acquired nose and other pieces.
Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Australia, 1996-2011.
- Cockpit only.
The right tail boom of XJ607 was unearthed by workmen laying a drain on a farm near Billingshurst, England, December 13, 2007.
Sea Vixen XJ607 at Southampton Airport, September 29, 1989.
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Source(s): Aeroplane, Issue No. 379, November 2004. Queensland Air Museum Thunder & Lightnings, 2011. |
Photo Source(s): Brian Johnstone
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