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| On 23rd March 1964, this Armstrong Whitworth Argosy XP413 came down in the waters of Aden while on the final approach to RAF Khormaksar. Due to the prompt action of the engineering team it was recovered, dismantled and returned to Hawker Siddley Aviation in the UK on the 20th of June 1964 by surface transport. In the UK it was totally refurbished and transferred to 242 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on the 5th of May 1966. It went to 27MU on the 2nd of January 1969. On the 16th of June 1969 it was delivered to 115 Squadron on conversion to E Mk.1. It was struck off charge on the 1st of May 1976 at RAF Fairford and scrapped. |
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