Aircraft Photo of G-BRFC / WP321 | Percival P.57 Sea Prince T.1 | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #653697
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-BRFC
Alternate Serial:WP321
Military Code:CU-570
Aircraft Original Type:Percival P.50 Prince
Aircraft Generic Type:Percival P.50/54/57/66 Prince/Pembroke
Aircraft Version:Percival P.57 Sea Prince T.1
C/n (msn):P.57/71
Display Paint:UK - Navy
Location
City / Airport:London - LutonMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGGW   IATA: LTN   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:13 March 1983
Photo by:Kerry Taylor
Photo ID: 653697
Photo Comment

Still in its former Royal Navy colour scheme. It used to be based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall with 750 NAS to train observers. (What the RAF called navigators and the US WSO's). First flight 12 Mar 1953. Delivered to the Royal Navy on 23 Apr 1953. WFU for storage at 5 MU on 26 Jun 1979. To the UK civil register as G-BRFC on 10 Sep 1980. To the USA as N7SY on 12 Nov 1999. Back to G-BFRC on 08 Aug 2006. Moved to the St Athan Museum in Aug 2018. Deregistered on 19 Nov 2020.

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