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MANUFACTURER
Dassault
TYPE
Mystere IVa
SERIAL NUMBER
121 8-MY
COUNTRY
France
ROLE
Jet Fighter-Bomber
LENGTH
42 ft 2 in
WING SPAN
36 ft 6 in
HEIGHT
15 ft 1 in
MAX SPEED
696mph
MAX ALTITUDE
49,200 ft
RANGE
570 miles
ENGINE
1x Hispano-Suiza Verdon (Rolls Royce Tay) giving 6,277 lbs of thrust
CREW
1. Pilot
  		 
 
 
 

HISTORY

This aircraft was supplied to France as part of the American’s Mutual Aid Defence Plan and first flew on 31st January 1956. It served with Escadre de Transformation ET1/8 of 8eme before being flown to RAF Sculthorpe in August 1981. In 1982 it was dismantled and brought to the museum by road.