PAC/P57/058; Sea Prince T.Mk.I |
c/n ALSO GIVEN AS P.57/58 and PAC/P/58 |
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Action |
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| 30th October 1952 | Awating collection |
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| 7th November 1952 | Delivered to Stretton Receving and Disposals Unit |
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| 13th February 1953 | Transferred to 750 Sqdn St.Merryn (received 16th February 1953 coded MF/612 then SR/612 |
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| 130th November 1953 | Transferred to Culdrose with 750 Sqdn and coded CU/612, recoded in January 1956 to CU/668 |
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| 22nd March 1956 | Transferred to Culdrose Aircraft Repair Section for damage repair and then taken by road by Southern NATSU to Field Aircraft Services, Tollertonon the 15th of June (Received on the 18th of June 1956) for reconditioning. |
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| 6th May 1957 | Transferred to Lossiemouth Aircrfat Handling Unit for storage. Embalmed between the 16th of July 1958 and the 30th of July 1957. Resurrected for service on the 19th of May 1959. |
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| 9th June 1959 | Transferred to 750 Sqdn at Culdrose code uknown |
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| 13th October 1959 | Transferred to 750 Sqdn Half Far coded HF/668 |
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| 12th July 1965 | Transferred to 750 Sqdn at Lossiemouth coded LM/649. As of January 1966 Total Flying Hours=2994 |
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18th May 1967 -14thSeptember 1967 |
Modernized |
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| 19th July 1971 | Transferred to BAC at Hurn for resparring. |
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| 11th April 1973 | Transferred to 750 Sqdn at Culdrose now coded CU/572 and back on RN charge. As of November 1975 Total Flying Hours=6833 Landings=5104 As of 13th April 1978 Total Flying Hours=6973 Landings=6555 |
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| 26th June 1979 | Transferred to 5 M.U. at Kemble for storage |
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| 1st March 1980 | Offered for sale by the MOD with Total Flying Hours=7043 |
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| May 1980 | Purchased by EuroPacific Corp of West Germany togther with WF133, WM735, WP313 and WP321. sale not completed and offered for re-sale by MOD on the 27th of June 1980, |
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| 29th August 1980 | CofA aplication made for one flight from Kemble to Staverton. (Glos) |
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| 2nd September 1980 | Registered on the Civil register as G-GACA. Registration form |
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| 9th September 1980 | Delivered to Atlantic and Caribean Aviation, Staverton (Pilot Grodon Clary). Stored at Staverton Total Flying Hours=1950 since re-spar. |
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| October 1987 | Offered for sale at a London Auction by Aircraft Mart of Staverton, Glos. Withdrawn from sale as "Sold in Canada". |
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| April 1989 | Offered again for sale by Aircraft Mart - not sold. |
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| 30th October 1989 | Bought by Peter Vallance, Charlwood, Surrey |
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| 12th November 1989 | Delivered to Vallance Aircraft Collection, Lowfield Heath, Surrey |
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| 3rd January 1990 | Received by P.G.Vallance, Charlwood, Surrey. Total Flying Hours=6221 |
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| 26th January 1999 | Transferred to Gatwick Aviation Museum - On display still coded CU/572. Ground runner since 2006. |
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