XA466 1957 Fairey Gannet COD4 Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Cobham Hall Reserve collection Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton 17.09.04
Built at Stockport in 1957 and delivered to Anthorn Receipt And Dispatch Unit then to Aircraft Holding Unit Abbotsinch also in 1957. To RNAS Culdrose 1960 and to Naval Air Radio Installation Unit (NARIU) at RNAS Lee on Solent for modifications. May 1961 to 849 NAS HQ Flt at RNAS Culdrose
and loaned for a month to B Flt as courier aircraft on HMS Hermes returning to Culdrose 25/10/1963. December 1963 to Fairey Aviation at White Waltham for modernisation then in 1964 back to NARIU at RNAS Lee on Solent for more modifications and conversion to COD4. May 1966 to 849 NAS A Flt at RNAS Brawdy and June 1967 to Naval Air Support Unit (NASU) at Brawdy for modifications and repairs before issue to 849 NAS A Flt at RNAS Brawdy in October. March 1968 to NASU at Brawdy before storage until 1969. Then issued to 849 NAS A Flt on HMS Eagle before returning to Brawdy in December 1969 then in September back to 849 NAS B flight. Short term storage until 1971 then more modifications and updates before return to 849 NAS in 1972. On to Lee on Solent , Lossiemouth in 1973 and flown to Lee on Solent in 1978 and towed to RN Air Yard at Fleetlands for respraying.
May 1978 to the Naval Air Trial Installation Unit at Lee on Solent before finally serving once again in July with 849 NAS HQ Flt at RNAS Lossiemouth. Allocated to the FAA Museum in December 1978 and taken by road to Wroughton for storage. Back to Yeovilton in 1999 and into Cobham Hall by April 2000. Placed on display in the Aircraft Carrier Exhibition in March 2011.
XA466 1957 Fairey Gannet COD4 Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Cobham Hall Reserve collection Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton 17.09.04
Built at Stockport in 1957 and delivered to Anthorn Receipt And Dispatch Unit then to Aircraft Holding Unit Abbotsinch also in 1957. To RNAS Culdrose 1960 and to Naval Air Radio Installation Unit (NARIU) at RNAS Lee on Solent for modifications. May 1961 to 849 NAS HQ Flt at RNAS Culdrose
and loaned for a month to B Flt as courier aircraft on HMS Hermes returning to Culdrose 25/10/1963. December 1963 to Fairey Aviation at White Waltham for modernisation then in 1964 back to NARIU at RNAS Lee on Solent for more modifications and conversion to COD4. May 1966 to 849 NAS A Flt at RNAS Brawdy and June 1967 to Naval Air Support Unit (NASU) at Brawdy for modifications and repairs before issue to 849 NAS A Flt at RNAS Brawdy in October. March 1968 to NASU at Brawdy before storage until 1969. Then issued to 849 NAS A Flt on HMS Eagle before returning to Brawdy in December 1969 then in September back to 849 NAS B flight. Short term storage until 1971 then more modifications and updates before return to 849 NAS in 1972. On to Lee on Solent , Lossiemouth in 1973 and flown to Lee on Solent in 1978 and towed to RN Air Yard at Fleetlands for respraying.
May 1978 to the Naval Air Trial Installation Unit at Lee on Solent before finally serving once again in July with 849 NAS HQ Flt at RNAS Lossiemouth. Allocated to the FAA Museum in December 1978 and taken by road to Wroughton for storage. Back to Yeovilton in 1999 and into Cobham Hall by April 2000. Placed on display in the Aircraft Carrier Exhibition in March 2011.