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Registration: XN453

Construction Number: 06026

Code Number: 453

Military Unit: RAE

Model De Havilland DH.106 Comet 2E

Operator: Royal Air Force

Airport: Farnborough (FAB / EGLF), UK - England

Airshow: Farnborough - International Air Show - 1976

Photographer: Chris England

Date Taken: 10/09/1976

Date Submitted: 14/02/2015

Ex G-AMXD, scrapped in 1991. The Canberra PR9 prototype WH793 (scrapped 1979) is to the right, with the tail of a P1127 or Kestrel visible just beyond the nose, and Hastings C2 WD480 (scrapped by 1984) behind. The other Comet 4 is XX944 (ex G-APDP, scrapped 1984). The Gnat T1 on the extreme left and the Whirlwind behind it were both unidentified at the time, but thanks to a photo posted on Flickr by eLaReF they are now known to be XM692 and XL874 respectively.

Picture ID:1484468

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