Aircraft Photo of XP438 | Armstrong Whitworth AW-660 Argosy C.1 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #20906
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XP438
Aircraft Original Type:Armstrong Whitworth AW-650 Argosy
Aircraft Generic Type:Armstrong Whitworth AW-650/660 Argosy
Aircraft Version:Armstrong Whitworth AW-660 Argosy C.1
C/n (msn):6770
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Kemble - CotswoldMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGBP   IATA: GBA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:May 1973
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 20906
Photo Comment

How about a Whistling Wheelbarrow formation team then? The Red Arrows practise on their Gnats above Kemble while many of the RAF's Argosies languish in storage below. XP438 joined 105 Sqdn on 14.8.62 and moved to 114 Sqdn in 1967. Withdrawn to 5MU in 10.71 and broken up 12.75

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