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• RNAS Lossiemouth Navy Days •

The station transferred to the RAF in 1972.

Photos © by Neil Aird and Ken Marshall

XL347 / 83 Westland Whirlwind HAS7 (WA209) Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm at HMS Fulmar on 10 July 1971. f/f 12/02/1958, d/d 17/02/1958, to A2626, scr. Middle Wallop 1998.
WF120 LM / 608 Percival Sea Prince T1 (PAC/57/16) Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. d/d 22/11/1951, broken up 09/1975 at Belfast as scrap.
WF259 A/171 Hawker Sea Hawk F2 (5916) Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm at HMS Fulmar on 10 July 1971. d/d 11/03/1954, to A2483, preserved East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland.
XT865 YL/156 McD Phantom FG1 (2502) Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. on 10 July 1971. f/f 07/04/1968, d/d 05/09/1968, scrapped 10/1991 by Mayer & Perry (East Anglia).
39 Dassault Etendard IVM (39) Aeronaval, on 10 July 1971. w/o 15 November 1972.
VB+244 Lockheed / Messerschmitt (MTT) F-104G Starfighter (683D-7201) German Navy - Kriegsmarine MFG 2 on 09 September 1967. Later used serial 23+17, eventually to Greece.
VB+252 Lockheed / Messerschmitt (MTT) F-104G Starfighter (683D-7209) German Navy - Kriegsmarine MFG 2 on 09 September 1967. Later 23+25.