Pucara 533 cockpit
Contributed by AnthonyLdyer

The cockpit is from 533 which was the aircraft that came back from a raid (21st May methinks) with 58 bullet strikes in the fuselage and 4 in the left engine. Took em till 14th June to mend it ready for one last raid on the 15th....as they say, the rest is history!

It came over to UK on Contender Bezant (which became RFA Argus after huge mods after the war). Was flown to Boscombe Down under a Chinook (last flew under a Chinook ZA718 in Falklands to container ship). Was used for spares to keep the test aircraft flying. Went to Middle Wallop Museum of AF, where it was scrapped (incredulous I know!) in 1997 or 8.

She is resident at the Boscombe Down museum and will also be part of a display at Newark Air Museum as part of the Cockpit Festival June 15/16th this year. We are putting on a 20th Anniv display with various cockpit relics. Open day 29th June and at Newark 14/15th June as part of Cockpit festival.