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    Airframe Family: Bristol 171 Sycamore
    Latest Model:Sycamore HR.12
    Last Military Serial:WV781 RAF
    Construction Number:12898
    Last Civil Registration:G-ALTD
    Compressed ID:Bristol Sycamore HR.12 sn WV781 RAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Caernarfon Airworld Aviation Museum, Caernarfon Airport, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    1950

    Constructed as a 171.

    From 17 November 1950 to 26 March 1952

    Civil registration G-ALTD (BRISTOL TYPE 171 MK.3, 12898) reserved but not taken up.

    2 October 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WV781 as a Sycamore HR.12.

    Transferred to Air-Sea Warfare Development Unit (ASWDU), Saint Mawgan, Cornwall.

    Transferred to Central Flying School, South Cerney.

    Transferred to Helicopter Development Unit (HDU), Old Sarum, Wiltshire.

    From 1964 to Circa 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n 7839M.
    Ground instructional airframe, Odiham.

    26 July 1979


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: At Odiham, UK.

    1986

    To Caernarfon Airworld Aviation Museum, Caernarfon Airport, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales.
    Cabin only.
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    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Andrew Appleton
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