Supermarine VS.398 Attacker F1, WA473, Royal Navy
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Registration: WA473
Construction Number: Unknown
Military Unit: NASU Abbotsinch
Model Supermarine VS.398 Attacker F1
Operator: Royal Navy
Airport: RNAS Abbotsinch, UK - Scotland
Photographer: Robin A Walker
Date Taken: 23/08/1958
Date Submitted: 22/01/2007
Seen shortly after being withdrawn and prepared for dispatch to FAA Museum, Yeovilton. From a correspondent - I believe this is the only Attacker still in existence. Not long before the Navy moved out of Abbotsinch they mounted this aircraft as a gate guard at the Greenock Road gate. It was displayed with flaps, undercarriage and arrestor hook deployed and looked as if it was just about to land.
Picture ID:1037969