Hawker Siddeley AV-8S Matador, 3105 / 712185, Royal Thai Navy
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Registration: 3105
Construction Number: 712185
Code Number: 159558 / 5
Model Hawker Siddeley AV-8S Matador
Operator: Royal Thai Navy
Airport: U-Tapao (UTP / VTBU), Thailand
Photographer: Don McHugh
Date Taken: 07/09/2009
Date Submitted: 09/09/2009
Preserved outside small civil terminal on this active Thai Navy air base. Note although it is marked 159558 its USN serial was 159561. Other sources quote it as ex 159558 and VA.1-04 but most state 159558 crashed before delivery to Spanish navy as VA.1-02.
Picture ID:1191548