| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | XA459 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fairey Gannet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairey Gannet |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairey Gannet ECM.6 |
| C/n (msn): | F9312 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | CardiffMap |
| Region / Country: | Wales, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGFF IATA: CWL Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Wales Aircraft Museum |
| Photo Date: | 13 April 1982 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 646800 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to the Royal Navy as XA459 as Gannet AS4 in 1957. Converted to Gannet ECM6 from 1959 to 1961. Used as ground trainer A2608 at Lee-on-Solent from 1966 then to Culdrose as a ground trainer in 1970. To the Wales Air Museum in 1979. Moved to Gloucester in 1989, Cirencester in 1989, White Waltham in 2015 and the Sollway Museum, Carlisle in 2020. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 25 January 2024, and has since been viewed 63 times. |