F-100_Gate_Guard_RAF_Lakenheath.JPEG


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English: A North American F-100D-15-NA Super Sabre (s/n 54-2269) displayed on a permanent stand at RAF Lakenheath (UK) just in side the Brandon Gate. This aircraft was originally delivered to the French air force. On return it was moved to the "Wings of Liberty Memorial Park" at RAF Lakenheath. Firstly it was painted as 55-4048, latterly as 56-3319. The original F-100D-90-NA 56-3319 (492nd TFS, 48th TFW) crashed 50 km south-south-east of Wheelus air base, Libya, on 18 March 1969. The pilot ejected safely.
Français : F-100 exposé a l'entrée de la base de l'USAFE de RAF Lakenheath
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Source http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#a=search&s=F-100&chk=6cfe0&n=90&guid=548cb9dff204bfda3d20cc219a2f962560fe5545
Author Amn 1st Class William C. Gatch, USAF

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21 May 1995