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    Airframe Family: English Electric Lightning
    Latest Model:Lightning F.6
    Last Military Serial:XS897 RAF
    Compressed ID:English Electric Lightning F.6 sn X...
    Latest Owner or Location:RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire / Lincs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lightning F.6.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XS897.

    To Aeroventure Aircraft Museum, RAF Doncaster (formerly), Doncaster, Yorkshire-South, England.
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    To South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, RAF Doncaster (formerly), Doncaster, Yorkshire-South, England.
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    June 2009

    To RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire/Lincs, England.
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    Markings Applied: XP765, A
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