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Registration: XS790

Construction Number: 1562

Military Unit: The Queen's Flight

Model Hawker Siddeley Andover CC2

Operator: Royal Air Force

Airport: Bonriki International (TRW / NGTA), Kiribati

Photographer: Peter Davis

Date Taken: 11/07/1979

Date Submitted: 11/09/2017

When this photo was taken the country was still part of the Gilbert Islands, and the following day HRH Princess Anne gave its independence, when it became Kiribati. This was her mode of transport from and to Fiji, and I was the lucky crew chief of XS790 at the time.

Picture ID:1577471

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