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XG797

Fairey Gannet ECM.6

Originally ordered under MoS Contract No: 6/Acft/10545?CB.9(a) for Royal Navy as Gannet AS.4. Airframe built at Hayes and transported to Stockport for final erection and f/f 8.3.57. Delivered 3.4.57 to RDU Anthorn. To Abbotsinch 25.6.57 for storage. To 810 Sqdn Culdrose 1.5.59. To AHU Culdrose 12.7.60 and then issued on loan 30.8.60 to700 Sqdn Yeovilton. Returned to AHU Abbotsinch 20.1.61 and then returned to 700 Sqdn Culdrose 23.1.61. To AHU Abbotsinch 29.6.61 for storage. To AHU Culdrose 11.3.63 for repair and mods. To NARIU Lee-on-Solent 2.12.63 for conversion to ECM.6 Returned to storage from 1.6.64 to 31.3.65. To 831 Sqdn Watton 17.5.65. Allocated 6.6.66 as Ground Instructional airframe to Arbroath RN Apprentice School. To NASU Brawdy 15.5.67.To 849 HQ Flight Brawdy 10.7.67. To NASU Brawdy 2.2.68. Returned to Arbroath RN Apprentice School 7.8.68. To MARTSU Lee-on-Solent 23.2.71. Roaded to IWM Duxford 21.5.72 Coded 766/BY and formally SOC from Navy 7.12.73.