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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:Hercules C.3
    Last Military Serial:XV304 RAF
    Construction Number:4272
    Compressed ID:Lockheed Hercules C.3 sn XV304 RAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (Jadteu), RAF Brize Norton

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Hercules C.1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XV304.

    25 June 1979


    Photographer: C Peter Russell-Smith
    Notes: Photographed at the International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire.

    1983

    Converted to a Hercules C.3.

    12 September 1988


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Hercules C.3 of Lyneham Transport Wing lining up for departure at RAF Lossiemouth in September 1988.

    6 May 2010

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. It was a local military flight from Brize Norton RAF Station (BZZ/EGVN), United Kingdom. The accident occurred at Brize Norton RAF Station (BZZ) (United Kingdom) while landing. Narrative: Made a wheels up landing at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire suffering CAT3 damage. Initial investigations found no fault with the aircraft systems. Aircraft used for spares recovery, then Ground Instructional use at Brize Norton.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    August 2016

    Transferred to Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (Jadteu), RAF Brize Norton.
    This fuselage is used as instructional airframe.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
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