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    Airframe Family: Percival 84 Jet Provost / 80/90/145/167 Strikemaster
    Latest Model:Jet Provost T.5A
    Last Military Serial:XW420 RAF
    Construction Number:EEP/JP/1042
    Compressed ID:BAC Jet Provost T.5A sn XW420 RAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Wales Aviation Museum, Saint Athan Airport, Eglwys-Brewis, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1971

    Constructed as a Jet Provost T.5.

    29 October 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XW420.

    14 May 1974

    Converted to a Jet Provost T.5A by BAC.
    At BAC Warton.

    27 September 1976


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Jet Provost T.5A of the Poachers aerobatic display team of the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell in the circuit at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire.

    By 19 November 1979

    Transferred to RAFC Cranwell.
    Noted at RNAS Yeovilton.

    By June 1993

    Transferred to 1 FTS RAF Linton-On-Ouse.
    Operated with markings: 83, 1FTS
    83 on nose 1FTS on tail.

    15 June 1993

    Transferred to 2SoTT RAF Cranwell (later 1SoTT and then DCAE RAF Cosford).

    15 June 1993

    New serial number assigned: 9194M RAF and operated with the markings: 83, 1FTS, MU
    Coded 83 on nose, 1FTS on lower tail, MU in yellow box on upper tail.

    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at RAF Cosford as an Instructional trainer

    9 June 2013


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: At RAF Cosford Airshow 2013. Maintenace Airframe with DSAE.

    To South Wales Aviation Museum, Saint Athan Airport, Eglwys-Brewis, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     South Wales Aviation Group
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Andrew Appleton
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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