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    Airframe Family: Hawker Sea Hawk
    Latest Model:Sea Hawk FGA.6
    Last Military Serial:XE339 RN
    Construction Number:AW6300
    Compressed ID:Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6 sn XE339 RN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bill Turnbull, Hooton Park (Centre and rear Fuselage only)

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as a Sea Hawk FGA.4.
    By Armstrong Whitworth, Baginton

    31 March 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XE339.

    31 March 1955

    Transferred to 800nas.

    1956

    Converted to a Sea Hawk FGA.6.

    Circa 1956

    Transferred to 803nas.

    Transferred to 801nas.

    1965

    Transferred to Fleet Requirements Unit, Hurn.

    1969

    Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.
    To Ground Instruction airframe.

    19 January 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n 8156M.

    19 January 1971

    Transferred to 1SoTT, RAF Halton.

    17 December 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n A2635.

    17 December 1974

    To School of Flightdeck Operations (SFDO), HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England.
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    By July 1981

    Markings Applied: 149, E
    In 803NAS markings, HMS Eagle, 1950s.

    22 July 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day

    From 10 July 1985 to 1995

    Assigned to RNAS Lee-On-Solent for storage.

    17 April 1997

    To Royal Navy Historic Flight, R N A S Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
    Open storage - used for spares recovery.
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    2007

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Navy.
    Sold (minus wings).

    2007

    To Clive Davies, Gloucestershire (nose only).

    2007

    To Bill Turnbull, Hooton Park (Centre and rear Fuselage only).
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    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
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     Robert Nichols
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