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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-112 Venom
    Latest Model:Sea Venom FAW.22
    Last Military Serial:XG737 RN
    Construction Number:121138
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.22 sn XG...
    Latest Owner or Location:East Midlands Aeropark, East Midlands Airport (North Side), Castle Donington, Leicestershire / Leics, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea Venom FAW.22.
    Built at Chester.

    7 January 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XG737.

    7 January 1958

    Transferred to Aircraft Handling Unit (AHU), RNAS Stretton.

    19 March 1958

    Transferred to 891nas, RNAS Ford.
    Code B-438.

    24 October 1958

    Transferred to AHU, RNAS Hal Far, Malta.

    31 October 1958

    Transferred to RNAY Belfast.

    1 June 1959

    Transferred to AHU, RNAS Abbotsinch.

    4 September 1959

    Transferred to 893nas RNAS Yeovilton.
    Code V-456.

    14 October 1959

    Transferred to RNAY Belfast.

    4 November 1959

    Transferred to AHU, RNAS Abbotsinch.

    24 December 1959

    Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.

    9 February 1960

    Transported by ship.
    To the Far East.

    1960

    Transferred to RNAHU, RAF Seletar, Singapore.

    27 July 1960

    Transferred to 894nas, HMS Albion.
    Code 497.

    20 December 1960

    Transferred to RNAY Belfast.

    11 July 1961

    Transferred to AHU, RNAS Abbotsinch.

    19 September 1962

    To Shorts of Belfast.

    6 June 1966

    Transferred to Naval Air Radio Installation Unit (NARIU), RNAS Lee-On-Solent.

    20 July 1966

    Transferred to Airwork Air Direction Training Unit (ADTU), RNAS Yeovilton.
    Code VL-737.

    7 March 1969

    To Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
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    Markings Applied: B-438

    27 March 1969

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Navy.

    By January 1978

    To Mid-Wales Air Museum, Rhoose Airport, Cardiff.

    By October 1986

    Markings Applied: 220, Z

    9 October 1986


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Mid-Wales Air Museum, Rhoose Airport, Cardiff

    By July 1992

    To RAF Long Marston, Long Marston, Warwickshire/Warks, England.
    With Jet Aircraft Preservation Group.
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    To East Midlands Aeropark, East Midlands Airport (North Side), Castle Donington, Leicestershire/Leics, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 220

    27 November 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Awaiting restoration at East Midlands Aeropark
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    South Wales Aviation Group
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     Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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