McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG1, XT859 / 2279, Royal Air Force
This picture is © Charles E. Mac Kay and may not be used or published without permission.
Registration: XT859
Construction Number: 2279
Military Unit: 43 Squadron
Model McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG1
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: Glasgow - Clydeside - John L. Adam and Sons Ltd Scrapyard, UK - Scotland
Photographer: Charles E. Mac Kay
Date Taken: 1992
Date Submitted: 23/01/2007
I understand that this fuselage is of the FG1 that flew the Atlantic and was scrapped with others with the demise of the air defence Phantom. The Phantoms arrived in the spring of 1992 and had all gone by June 1992 leaving a single cockpit section which survived to March 1993.
Picture ID:1037998