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pagen01
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I would think Lee Howard on here would know a fair amount about them, and he is co author of ‘Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft since 1946’ which I would think is the best published source on individual and overall histories.

I remember them operating at Culdrose up to late ’80s (771 sqn possibly?), and saw XK895 19-CU at Kemble about three years ago.
I could never quite understand why the Navy replaced communications Sea Prince C.1/2, with similar vintage Sea Devon C.20 & Sea Heron C.20s?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8450/8067488685_6187b1b8d8_c.jpg
Sea Devon C.20 XK895 19 CU Kemble 11 Aug 09 by jamtey71, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/8067489734_355f6dbe97_c.jpg
Sea Devon C.20 XK895 19 CU Kemble 11 Aug 09 by jamtey71, on Flickr