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SEA VIXEN/XJ580


Sea Vixen XJ580 at Christchurch, August 26, 1991.

Serial #: XJ580
Construction #: 10062
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  FAW.1 Sea Vixen
  FAW.2 Sea Vixen
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2011

History:
Delivered to Royal Navy as XJ580.
- BOC: November 1960
- SOC: January 1980
- Converted to FAW.2, 1963-1965.
- Assigned to 899 Squadron.
Flight Refuelling Ltd, Hurn, UK, 1980.
Troika Developments Ltd, UK, ????-2000.
- Displayed at Christchurch.
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Sussex, UK, June 2000-2011.

Source(s):
Aeroplane, Issue No. 379, November 2004.
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Thunder & Lightnings, 2011.
Photo Source(s):
Brian R. Johnstone

Research Assistance:
Brian R. Johnstone

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