Aircraft Photo of XP761 | English Electric Lightning F3 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #501476
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XP761
Military Code:O
Aircraft Original Type:English Electric Lightning
Aircraft Generic Type:English Electric Lightning
Aircraft Version:English Electric Lightning F3
C/n (msn):95189
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:11 Sqn
Location
City / Airport:Binbrook (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGXB   IATA: GSY   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:February 1974
Photo from:Fergal Goodman Collection
Photo ID: 501476
Photo Comment

Photographer not known. XP761 made its last flight on 14 October 1974, after only ten years in service. It was later allocated maintenance serial 8438M and issued to the Lightning Servicing School at Binbrook. From 1982 to 1986 it was one of several retired Lightnings parked on the airfield as a decoy before being burnt on 10 November 1986.

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