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350 unpublished photographs, 28 colour profiles, unit insignia and patches, 160 pages, English Text. The Ultimate F-4 Phantom II Collection, Volume 4. This first book of a two volume publication on the F-4K (FG.1) and F-4M (FGR.2) in Royal Navy and Royal Air Force service covers the design, development and service introduction of the Phantom. The publication finishes with the decommissioning of HMS Ark Royal and the handover of the FG.1 to the RAF, as well as the change in roles of Phantom equipped RAF squadrons from 'ground attack/strike' to 'air defence' in 1978. Includes: Requirement, Design & Development, Testing, Production, Eye Witness Report: Trans-Atlantic Deliveries. Service: Phantom FG.1 – Royal Navy 1968 to 1978, Daily Mail Atlantic Race 1969, Phantom FG.1 – Royal Air Force 1968 to 1978, Phantom FGR.2 – The Strike Role 1968 to 1973, Phantom FGR.2 – Transition Strike to Air Defence 1974 to 1978 and Phantom Weapons. Finish & Markings: Prototypes, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force 1968-1978, Royal Navy – Unit Markings 4. Training Units, Strike Squadrons, Air Defence Squadrons, Royal Air Force Unit Crests. Phantom Bases, Test Units, Royal Navy Phantom Units, Royal Air Force Phantom Units 1969 to 1978.