Aircraft Photo of XV499 | McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR2 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #856559
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XV499
Military Code:CF
Aircraft Original Type:McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR2
C/n (msn):3477
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:64 Sqn
Location
City / Airport:WattishamMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGUW   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Wattisham Open Day 1989
 
Photo Date:24 June 1989
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 856559
Photo Comment

Delivered to the RAF as XV499 in 1969. Used as a ground trainer at Leeming from 1992. Moved to Hixon, Staffordshire in 2013. Scrapped in 2014. Nose section saved. To Bruntingthorpe in 2015 then to the South Wales Aviation Museum, St.Athan in 2018.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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