Aircraft Photo of F-AZLL / NR16020 | Lockheed 12-A Electra Junior | AirHistory.net #577351
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:F-AZLL
Alternate Registration:NR16020
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):1287
Location
City / Airport:La Ferté-AlaisMap
Country:France
Airport Codes:ICAO: LFFQ   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Le Temps des Hélices 2023
 
Photo Date:27 May 2023
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 577351
Photo Comment

Marked to represent Amelia Earhart's Lockheed L-10E Electra, this aircraft was first registered NC33615 in 1941, quickly passing to the USN as XR3O-2 BuNo 02947. Apparently taken on charge by the RAF in August 1945 as 'D2947' (seems suspect) but became G-AGTL in September 1945 when acquired by Sidney Cotton, famous for his recently restored Lockheed 12A G-AFTL which was used for clandestine reconnaissance over Germany before WW2. To F-BJJY in 1963 and F-AZLL with Le Gros Biplane Rouge in 1999.

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