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    Airframe Family: English Electric Lightning
    Latest Model:Lightning F.6
    Last Military Serial:XS928 RAF
    Construction Number:95261
    Compressed ID:English Electric Lightning F.6 sn X...
    Latest Owner or Location:BAE Systems - Warton, Warton Airport, Warton, Lancashire / Lancs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lightning F.6.

    28 February 1967

    First flight.

    4 April 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XS928.

    June 1983

    Transferred to 11 SQN, RAF Binbrook.

    18 June 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Brize Norton Air Show

    By September 1983

    Markings Applied: BJ

    10 September 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Abingdon Battle of Britain Day

    10 September 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By May 1986

    Transferred to 5 SQN, RAF Binbrook.
    Operated with markings: AH

    24 May 1986


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Lightning F.6 of 5 Squadron at RAF Binbrook on display at the 1986 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    24 May 1986


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Another view of the 5 Squadron Lightning F.6 on display at the 1986 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    1988

    Retirement at Binbrook returned to British Aerospace at Warton.

    Used as high speed target and calibration aircraft for the Tornado F.3 missile development programme.

    28 April 1990


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Waddington photocall.

    November 1992

    To Fire Dump, BAE Warton.
    Fuselage stripped for spares and placed on fire dump.

    By 7 August 1999

    Restoration completed.

    7 August 1999

    To BAE Systems-Warton, Warton Airport, Warton, Lancashire/Lancs, England.
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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