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Airframe Details for C-130 #4243

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4243 (66-8566)
LM Aero T/V 4243
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered RAF XV216
C-130K C.1
Current RAF XV216
C-130K C.1
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
22 Nov 1967 [act] XV216 C-130K C.1
23 Nov 1967 [act] XV216 RAF 36 sqn C-130K C.1
Unknown [act] XV216 RAF 242 sqn C-130K C.1
Unknown [act] XV216 RAF 24 sqn C-130K C.1
09 Nov 1971 [msh] XV216 RAF 24 sqn C-130K C.1
Part of Exercise Coldstream, Callsign 'Chalk 4'. The aircraft crashed near the Meloria rocks, four miles west of Livorno with no survivors (5 aircrew, 1 British parachute jumping instructor & 46 Italian paratroopers inside).
09 Nov 1971 [w/o] XV216 RAF 24 sqn C-130K C.1


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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