Aircraft Photo of XM797 | Edgar Percival EP-9 Prospector | AirHistory.net #498504
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:"XM797"
Aircraft Original Type:Edgar Percival EP-9 Prospector
Aircraft Generic Type:Edgar Percival EP-9 Prospector
Aircraft Version:Edgar Percival EP-9 Prospector
C/n (msn):38
Location
City / Airport:Middle WallopMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGVP   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Army Air Corps Open Day 1969
 
Photo Date:26 July 1969
Photo by:Chris England
Photo ID: 498504
Photo Comment

G-ARTU painted in the markings carried while being evaluated by the Army Air Corps. Destroyed a few weeks later in a take-off accident at Old Warden on 6 September 1969. (Note that Prospector c/n 36 ZS-CHZ is painted as XM797 and preserved at the South African Air Force Museum, Swartkop.)

This photo is copyright © Chris England, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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