Armstrong Whitworth AW660 Argosy C1, XN814 / 6743, Royal Air Force
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Registration: XN814
Construction Number: 6743
Code Number: 814
Military Unit: 115 Squadron
Model Armstrong Whitworth AW660 Argosy C1
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: RAF St Mawgan / Newquay (NQY / EGDG), UK - England
Photographer: Chris England
Date Taken: 17/04/1972
Date Submitted: 09/05/2016
The first Argosy C1 for the RAF, first flown on 6-3-61. It was operated by A&AEE Boscombe Down until it was converted to an E1 in 1967, before going 115 Squadron in January 1968. It went to the Empire Test Pilots School at Boscombe Down in 1976 for a year or so, before being scrapped at Kemble in October 1977.
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