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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-100/115 Vampire
    Latest Model:Vampire FB.6
    Last Military Serial:J-1172 SwiAF
    Construction Number:681
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Vampire FB.6 sn J-1172...
    Latest Owner or Location:Morayvia, Kinloss, Scotland

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    Dates

    Event

    23 June 1952

    Constructed as a Vampire FB.6.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-1172.

    29 June 1974

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Swiss Air Force.
    Withdrawn from use.

    29 June 1974

    To RAF Museum, RAF Cosford.

    Transferred to the reserve collection.

    2024

    To Morayvia, Kinloss, Scotland.

    15 August 2024


    Photographer: Joop de Groot
    Notes: Seen in the Morayvia collection just south of Kinloss baracks.
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     Vampire, Vampire Trainer Venom der Schweizer Fliegertruppe by Hans Prisi
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     Joop de Groot
    Mike Lawson
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