Westland Lynx HAS3GMS, XZ720 / 166, Royal Navy
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Registration: XZ720
Construction Number: 166
Code Number: GC-410
Military Unit: AMG
Model Westland Lynx HAS3GMS
Operator: Royal Navy
Airport: RNAS Yeovilton (YEO / EGDY), UK - England
Airshow: Yeovilton - International Air Day - 2011
Photographer: Kev Slade
Date Taken: 09/07/2011
Date Submitted: 12/08/2011
In addition to HMS Gloucester on the nose and GC tail code (which was by then out of service) the Lynx also had extensive artwork, some of which may, or may not have been 'genuine to the airframe. On the left is '216th Airborne' and 'Death or Glory' with skull and cross bones. To the right is a 'lady' with 'Bombardier Ford' above it ('Gunner Livingstone' was on the starboard side), while on the door are five 'mission symbols' which relate to her attacking five Iraqi warships during the first Gulf War, and further back is a Gryphon or Dragon. Retired in November 2010 the Lynx was presented to the Fleet Air Arm Museum for preservation on 26 April 2012.
Picture ID:1305966