
Vampire A79-321 - Ashley Street, Braybrook
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themd
S 37° 47.649 E 144° 51.733
55H E 311773 N 5814871
Vampire jet aicraft on displayin local shopping centre.
Waymark Code: WM9A1M
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 07/20/2010
Views: 17
The de Havilland Vampire was was a British Jet Engine fighter commissioned by the RAF during the Second World War.
Approx 3,300 were built, about a quarter of these by licence world wide.
The aircraft on display in Central West Shopping Centre is believed to have been manufactured in Zimbabwe and imported here in approx 1988.
A similiar vampire was on display here for many years. The site was formerly RAAF BASE Tottenham Store. Photo's can be seen at;
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