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Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC
- Reg: LF751 photos
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- Airline: United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)
- Photo Date: Jan 12, 2015
- Uploaded: Jul 04, 2015
- Manston Kent Int'l Airport - EGMH, United Kingdom
LF751 was built at Langley in 1944 and issued to No. 22 Maintenance Unit (MU) at Silloth on the 19th March of that year. On the 8th April LF751 joined her first unit, No. 1681 Bomber Defence Training Flight. Later that year she moved to No. 27 Operational Training Unit based at Waterbeach: LF751 was to remain there for the remainder of her operational life. Currently displayed as BN230, she was flown by Squadron Leader D.A.R.G. 'Danny' Le Roy Du Vivier DFC, the first Belgian to command a RAF Squadron. BN230 was the first RAF fighter over Dieppe on 19th August 1942, leading the Tangmere Wing in 'Operation Jubilee'.
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LF751 was built at Langley in 1944 and issued to No. 22 Maintenance Unit (MU) at Silloth on the 19th March of that year. On the 8th April LF751 joined her first unit, No. 1681 Bomber Defence Training Flight. Later that year she moved to No. 27 Operational Training Unit based at Waterbeach: LF751 was to remain there for the remainder of her operational life. Currently displayed as BN230, she was flown by Squadron Leader D.A.R.G. 'Danny' Le Roy Du Vivier DFC, the first Belgian to command a RAF Squadron. BN230 was the first RAF fighter over Dieppe on 19th August 1942, leading the Tangmere Wing in 'Operation Jubilee'.Camera
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- Reg: LF751 photos
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Aircraft:
Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC
- Airline: United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)
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Manston Kent Int'l Airport - EGMH
- United Kingdom