| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | WV181 |
| Military Code: | V-430 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas A-1 Skyraider (AD) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas A-1 Skyraider (AD) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas Skyraider AEW1 |
| C/n (msn): | 7850 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | 849 Sqn B Flight |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Glasgow - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGPF IATA: GLA Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | HMS Sanderling At Home Day 1960 |
| Photo Date: | 2 July 1960 |
| Photo from: | McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin) |
| Photo ID: | 428188 |
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Built for the US Navy as 126867 and transferred in 1955. Struck off charge in 1962 and sold to Svensk Flygjanst in 1963 as target tug SE-EBK until 1976. In 1985 it was registered as G-BMFB then exported as N4277N in 1990. In 2021 it is reportedly at the Tillamook NAS Museum/OR painted as 126840. [The lads in this shot look as if they are imagining what it would be like to get behind the controls of a brute like this.] This photo was added on 7 January 2022, and has since been viewed 323 times. |