English Electric Lightning F.1 XA847
Royal Air Force - English Electric Lightning XA847, at Farnborough, October 1958 for the Lightning naming ceremony, performed by the Chief of the Air Staff, Marshall of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Boyle. With him on the rostrum was Sir George Nelson, English Electric Company chairman. XA847 is towed out of the hangar after the ceremony, accompanied by a Royal Air Force Band. (note: XA847 was the prototype P.1B and never became an F.1)
Picture No
14165516
Media ID
48655852
Size
4751px x 3978px
(2.7MB)
Credit
© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photographer-Scan of original negative
Date
1958
