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French Nuclear test Jaguar.

Does anyone know the serial number and unit of the French Jaguar that conducted the live drop test in the Pacific islands,?
Also, has it been preserved?.
Usual trawls have not come up with anything of substance.

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By: l.garey - 25th October 2018 at 07:58

Agreed. I guess someone, somewhere has that bit of the fin. Your question was a bit unusual. I wonder why you were looking for details of that particular event …

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By: Stratosphere - 25th October 2018 at 00:43

Thank you, Thought she might have been Earmarked for preservation whole, Sadly not.
However, a Cockpit section is better than nothing.

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By: l.garey - 24th October 2018 at 15:51

A-17 being scrapped. Fin emblem preserved? https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonggun/8526086014

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By: l.garey - 24th October 2018 at 15:16

Hello Stratosphere.
According to http://spotaero.blogspot.com/2014/08…la-montee.html

A-17 dropped the AN52 weapon at Mururoa in 1974. There is a photograph of it if you scroll down that page, marked as 11-RK. I think the nose and cockpit are preserved at Condé-Vraux museum. http://bdd.deltareflex.com/cns_affiche.php?image=22016. According to that site it was with EC 1/7 Provence at the time of the tests in 1974.

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