Dates

Event

Constructed as a Hercules C.1.

Circa 1965

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-13024.
S/n allocated for production administrative purposes, aircraft did not serve with US forces.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XV179.

27 June 1981

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Hercules C.1 of the Lyneham Transport Wing on display at the 1981 International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire.

1982

Converted to a Hercules C.1P.

By September 1982

Transferred to Lyneham Transport Wing, RAF Lyneham.

4 September 1982

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RAF Finningley Airshow

1 September 1984

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Hercules C.1 of the Lyneham Transport Wing as a support aircraft for the RAF Falcons parachute display team at the 1984 RAF Leuchars Airshow.

30 January 2005

Involved in an incident.
Summary: The airframe was written off. There were 10 fatalities. There were 24,200 hours on the airframe at the time. The military flight departed Baghdad International Airport (BGW/ORBI), Iraq and was destined for Balad Air Base, Iraq. The event occurred at near Al Taji (Iraq) while en route. Narrative: RAF Hercules XV179 departed Baghdad at 16:24 for a routine flight to Balad. The airplane was flying at low level when it was hit by enemy fire. The outboard 23 feet of the right wing separated and the Hercules became uncontrollable...
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.