Aircraft Photo of G-AFKR | Lockheed 12-A Electra Junior

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	G-AFKR
Aircraft Original Type:	Lockheed 12 Electra Junior
Aircraft Generic Type:	Lockheed 12/212 Electra Junior
Aircraft Version:	Lockheed 12-A Electra Junior
C/n (msn):	1267

Location
City / Airport:	New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:	New York, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: - IATA: - Local: NOP Other: -

Photo Date:	20 January 1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	416976

Photo Comment
Spyplane! This was apparently the first of several L-12s registered to Australian pilot Sidney Cotton and fitted with concealed cameras at Heston to photograph German military preparations on behalf of MI6. Cotton led the RAF's No 1 PDU (Photographic Development Unit) after the outbreak of the war. G-AFKR was sold to France in April 1939, becoming F-ARQA, and similarly used by aerial photographer Roger Henrard on behalf of the Deuxième Bureau. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 1 December 2021, and has since been viewed 343 times.

Photo Comment

Spyplane! This was apparently the first of several L-12s registered to Australian pilot Sidney Cotton and fitted with concealed cameras at Heston to photograph German military preparations on behalf of MI6. Cotton led the RAF's No 1 PDU (Photographic Development Unit) after the outbreak of the war. G-AFKR was sold to France in April 1939, becoming F-ARQA, and similarly used by aerial photographer Roger Henrard on behalf of the Deuxième Bureau. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

This photo was added on 1 December 2021, and has since been viewed 343 times.

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