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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-100/115 Vampire
    Latest Model:DH-100 Sea Vampire
    Last Military Serial:LZ551 RAE
    Compressed ID:de Havilland DH-100 sn LZ551 RAE
    Latest Owner or Location:Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a DH-100.
    Second Prototype.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Aircraft Establishment with s/n LZ551 and operated with these markings: LZ551/G.

    To Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
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    25 July 2013


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 2013 photo at RNAS Yeovilton

    24 October 2013


    Photographer: South Wales Aviation Group
    Notes: Displayed at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton in the UK
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