THE FRADU COLLECTION
 
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"Ray Down lives in Somerset and used to work as a fitter on Hunters for Airwork at RNAS Yeovilton from 1972 to 1983.
He collected this collection of photos and sent them on to me for inclusion on the site."


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A non-FRADU Sea Vixen waits on the ground Two FRADTU Vixens; XS587 and XP925 being readied for a flight
 
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>Now just what has happened here?
 
The rear of WJ574 showing the target wire WK123 on a typical FRADU sortie
 
Hunter GA.11 meets a balloon GA.11 WT809 was downed by an engine failure
 
A Canberra meets her sister ship The last FRADU Canberras form up for a formation in 1992
 
Two shots showing all five Sea Vixens that were operated by the FRADU
 
>Here are a third and fourth shot of the Vixens taken at the same show
 

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Ray Down lent all images shown above to myself.
If you wish to use these photos on another web-site you must first get his permission.

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