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    Airframe Family: Vickers VC-10
    Latest Model:VC-10 C.1K
    Last Military Serial:XR808 RAF
    Construction Number:828
    Compressed ID:British Aircraft Corporation VC-10...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1966

    Constructed as a VC-10 C.1 by British Aircraft Corporation.

    9 June 1966

    First flight.

    7 July 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XR808.

    July 1966

    Transferred to 10SQN, RAF Brize Norton.

    21 September 1974


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: VC-10 C.1, named Kenneth Campbell VC, of 10 Squadron in the static park of the 1974 RAF Finningley Airshow.

    23 August 1976


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: XR808 : BAC VC-10 C.1 : RAF at Glasgow - Operated by 10 Squadron, named Kenneth Campbell VC about to depart to RAF Gutersloh.

    21 September 1984


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At EDINBURGH RAAF AIR FORE BASE ADELAIDE SA. AUSTRALIA

    By 1997

    Converted to a VC-10 C.1K by British Aircraft Corporation.

    October 2005

    Transferred to 101SQN, RAF Brize Norton.

    23 July 2010


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: 2010 photo at Cardiff, Wales,

    2011

    Markings Applied: Kenneth Campbell VC, Hugh Malcolm VC
    As the RAF VC-10 fleet was reduced VC holders names were transferred to in-service aircraft. Names in blue scrolls in front of front door.

    2012

    Markings Applied: 101 Squadron, 1917-2012, XR808
    101 Sqn 95th Anniversary c/s.

    5 July 2012


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: arrivals at RAF Fairford RIAT

    November 2012

    Markings Applied: Kenneth Campbell VC, Hugh Malcolm VC, Thomas Mottershead VC

    30 July 2013

    Last flight.
    To Bruntingthorpe.

    To Great Barrington Airport, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire/Leics, England.
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    21 June 2015

    Placed on display with Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
    Arrived by road.
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    30 March 2016


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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