Brief History
The service life of XN728 began in October 1962 and spanned a total of 21 years, before finally being sold-off in October 1983. During her active service life, she travelled the world, including countries like Malta, Cyprus, and Germany. She was to also suffer her fair share of varying incidents during this time. But thankfully nothing to serious occurred and she was to complete her active duty in one complete piece.
October 1962
First flown by T.M.S. Ferguson
June 1963
Assigned to No.92 Sqn, RAF Leconfield and tail coded 'B'
December 1965
Relocated to RAF Gielenkirchen, Germany
February 1966
Temporarily assigned to 60 MU (Maintenance Unit) for modifications
January 1968
Suffered Cat 4 landing accident and movedto Warton for repair and conversion to F.2a
July 1969
Assigned new tail code 'F', still with No.92 sqn
October 1970
Returned to Warton for modifications. Re-coded 'V' still with No.92 Sqn
April 1977
Withdrawn from use and moved to RAF Wildenrath as 8546M to be used as a decoy
September 1983
Moved to RAF Coningsby to be used as a decoy
October 1983
Sold to G.A. Wilks then on to A1 Car Sales, Balderton, Newark
September 2011
Aircraft fuselage scrapped but cockpit saved
2014
Cockpit sold to Darren Swinn
August 2021
Unveiling at her only public appearance at Cockpit-fest, Newark Air Museum.
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