Aircraft Photo of G-ACPA | Percival P.3 Gull Six | AirHistory.net #866926
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-ACPA
Other Marks:33
Aircraft Original Type:Percival D Gull
Aircraft Generic Type:Percival D Gull
Aircraft Version:Percival P.3 Gull Six
C/n (msn):D.44
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
 
Photo Date:July 1934
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID: 866926
Photo Comment

The race number "33" was for the 1934 King's Cup Air Race. G-ACPA was the last Parnall-built Gull Four (Napier Javelin III) but was converted to a Gull Six (DH Gipsy Six Srs I) at Gravesend and entered by Percival director Lt Cdr E W B Leake, pilot was Wally Hope. It failed to beat the handicappers and was eliminated during the qualifying heats. Regd 25 Feb 1935 to Sidney Lewis Turner, Croydon; regd 22 Aug 1935 to Brian Allen Aviation Ltd, Croydon. Crashed in bad weather St Reny de Provence, nr Avignon, France, 2 Oct 1935, en route Abyssinia; pilot Frederick Griffith badly injured.

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