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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-100/115 Vampire
    Latest Model:Vampire FB.52
    Last Military Serial:255 SAAF
    Construction Number:V0699
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Vampire FB.52 sn 255 S...
    Latest Owner or Location:Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Airport, Beersheba, Israel

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    Event

    Constructed as a Vampire FB.52.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 255.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Rhodesian Air Force with s/n 1839.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 255.

    To Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Airport, Beersheba, Israel.
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    Markings Applied: L158
    Lebanese Air Force markings.

    12 August 2014


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: At Israeli Air Force Museum at Hatzerim

    19 November 2014


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Hatzerim, Israel
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