XS176 was part of the inventory of 1 SoTT at RAF Halton until the school was closed down in 1993. Many airframes were stored pending sale to the scrapman
Assigned number 4 sqn. Photo'd Aug '80 @ Bex, Switzerland, code AN. Oct '80, rolled over and crashed while in hover @ Guterslough. Pilot killed on bail out.
"Tartan 31" doing touch and go's during a post maintenance test flight before the old girl returned south for her Falklands duty, get them whilst you can as the OSD for the RAF's VC-10 is sometime in 2013