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This page last updated on 29th March 2009
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The pictures in this section were kindly donated by various people. They are for your personal use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form.
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The pictures in this section were kindly donated by Ray Deacon. They are for your personal use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form. Ray has a sizeable collection of photos of aircraft, taken throughout his service in the RAF and available for publication - contact him for details.
The Fairy Gannet played an important role while participating in operations against dissident tribesmen in Aden and incursions by aircraft from the Yemen during the 1960s. As well as a flight of AEW.3 early warning Gannets from 849 Squadron, each carrier operated at least one mark COD.4 for general use and communications with shore-based stations. This series of photographs was taken at RAF Khormaksar.
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All these pictures are kindly supplied by John Eacott from his collection taken during his time in the Fleet Air Arm. If you want to use them for anything other than personal use, contact John.
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10 people have commented on this page. This is comment section 1 of 1.
Richard Knight from Cyprus | Posted at 12:12pm on Sunday, August 29th, 2010 |
Snapped XL500 (414) at Portland Navy Day in 1961 (could have been '62 I was quite young), must have been hot off the production line. | |
John Statham from Portsmouth UK | Posted at 11:41am on Sunday, August 15th, 2010 |
AS.4 XA430 from HMS Ark Royal the flag on her nose is that of a rear admiral not a white ensign | |
Stuart D from Cambridgeshire | Posted at 1:16pm on Sunday, June 27th, 2010 |
There is a great example of a Gannet AEW preserved in Duxford Imperial War museum just south of Cambridge | |
T.R. Price from USA | Posted at 6:32am on Friday, April 23rd, 2010 |
Wondering if Witty Wings diecast will due a 1/72 version of this type. | |
Tilo S. from Switzerland | Posted at 7:47pm on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 |
Dear Brian | |
bernie from lincs | Posted at 1:33pm on Saturday, October 24th, 2009 |
i am a member of a radio control flying club, and might like to build a scale model of the (ugly duckling)that's what i call the gannet ,but i do love it. | |
Anonymous from Netherlands | Posted at 11:39pm on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 |
Flying some one hundred nautical miles SW of the Scilly Isles in my Grumman Tracker we met a Gannet plodding along. Uglier than the bird but not as ugly as the Seamew!I noticed that at more or less regular intervals the Gannet billowed smoke in puffs. I thought that one of the Mamba's might be in trouble, so contacted our sector controller and told him about our observation. | |
Mick F. from Lincolnshire | Posted at 8:11am on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 |
I remember the Gannet from my childhood....It was so ugly it was beautiful... I was into model aircraft...built a model of it...pity it didn't fly very well..but it did fly...Is there just one still preserved,anywhere? | |
Brian C. from Anglesey (Valley) | Posted at 7:51am on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 |
What a great aeroplane, loved them since I was a child, great photo's, thanks. | |
Dave Pearce from Beijing China | Posted at 6:12pm on Friday, May 8th, 2009 |
Climbed all over one of these at the museum in Nowra NSW a few years ago.. When i went back again it was gone... facinating machine... | |
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