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    Airframe Family: Bristol Sycamore
    Latest Model:Sycamore 3
    Last Military Serial:WA577 RAF
    Construction Number:12888
    Last Civil Registration:G-ALST
    Compressed ID:Bristol Sycamore 3 sn WA577 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Boscombe Down Museum, Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1949

    Constructed as a Sycamore 3.

    9 June 1949

    To Ministry of Supply with new c/r G-ALST (Bristol Type 171 Mk.3).

    17 November 1950

    Assigned civil registration: G-ALST

    17 November 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WA577.

    1950

    Transferred to Royal Aircraft Establishment, Boscombe Down.

    1953

    Transferred to 194 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Malaya.

    Transferred to No. 4 School of Technical Training, Saint Athan, Wales.

    To No. 492 ATC Squadron, Shirley.

    To North East Land, Sea and Air Museums, Sunderland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.
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    16 November 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: at North East Air Museum at Washington, UK

    To North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.
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    To North East Land Sea and Air Museums, Sunderland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.
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    4 June 2021

    To Boscombe Down Museum, Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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    6 March 2022


    Photographer: Andrew Appleton
    Notes: Sycamore Mk.3 WA577 under restoration with the Boscombe Down Aviation Museum.
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    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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