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    Airframe Family: Vickers 651 Valetta
    Latest Model:Valetta C.2
    Last Military Serial:VX580 RAF
    Construction Number:432
    Latest Owner or Location:Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, Suffolk, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Valetta C.2.

    1 February 1950

    First flight.

    3 April 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n VX580.
    The delivery date is provided.

    12 December 1968

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.

    28 June 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: In 1978 this Valetta was a guardian at the Norfolk Air Scouts unit.

    27 May 1983

    To Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, Suffolk, England.
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    9 July 1995


    Photographer: Joop de Groot
    Notes: 1995 photo taken at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton. Photo displayed with written permission of Joop de Groot

    11 June 2006

    20 July 2014


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Flixton, Suffolk, UK
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