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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-100/115 Vampire
    Latest Model:Vampire FB.6
    Last Military Serial:J-1142 SwiAF
    Construction Number:651
    Latest Owner or Location:Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship)

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1952

    Constructed as a Vampire FB.6 by F+W at Emmen, Switzerland.

    11 March 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-1142.

    1 July 1974

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Swiss Air Force.

    By 1986

    Placed on display with Payerne AFB, Payerne, Vaud.
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    15 May 2002


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Payerne, Switzerland

    29 September 2005

    Placed on display with Musee Europeen de lAviation de Chasse, Montelimar-Ancone, France, Ancone, Montelimar, Drome.
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    21 April 2006


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: At Musee Europeen de lAviation de Chasse, Montelimar-Ancone, France.

    June 2010

    Placed on display with Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship).
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    15 May 2015


    Photographer: Paul Abadesso
    Notes: Poland, Krakow

    23 May 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Krakow - Rakowice, Malopolskie, Poland
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier was started by a contributor.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    European Military Out of Service 2014 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    European Wrecks and Relics, 1st Edition (Midland Counties, 1989, ISBN 0-904597-76-8) by Mike Bursell
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Robert Nichols
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