| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NZ5757 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 100/113/115 Vampire |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire FB5 |
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| Operator Titles: | New Zealand - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Wigram (closed)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: NZWG IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Air Force Museum of New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 31 May 2008 |
| Photo by: | Phil Vabre |
| Photo ID: | 35596 |
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Built to an RAF order as WA311 and delivered on 21 January 1951. Allocated to 93 Squadron but SOC with the RAF on 20 May 1953. Purchased by the RNZAF as one of 8 attrition aircraft and shipped to New Zealand on the "Hororata". BOC 12 September 1953 and served with 75 Sqn. Retired as INST193 with No. 4 Technical Training School, Woodbourne, on 5 April 1964. To Central Institute of Technology in 1965. Returned to the RNZAF in 1972 and now on display in the RNZAF Museum. This photo is copyright © Phil Vabre, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 28 January 2018, and has since been viewed 127 times. |