Registration / Serial:HB612
Aircraft Original Type:Fairchild 24
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild 24 (C-61 Forwarder/Argus)
Aircraft Version:Fairchild Argus Mk2 (24W-41A)
C/n (msn):849
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Long Kesh (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Collection:Ulster Aviation Society Collection
Photo Date:11 September 2022
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:495169Submit Correction
View count: 76
Constructed in in 1943 with USAAF serial 43-14885 but transferred to the RAF as HB612. Under the terms of lend-lease the aircraft was returned to the USAAF post-war but it appears to have remained in the UK. It was registered as G-AJSN on 8 May, 1947 to the West London Aero Club and was bought by Hon. Benjamin Bathurst (an ex-RAF pilot) on 13 May 1948. It was sold to another owner in March, 1967, but its flying career apparently ended when it suffered a ground loop at Cork on 10 June, 1967. As can be seen here, the aircraft has now been beautifully restored by the Ulster Aviation Society.
Registration / Serial:HB612
Aircraft Version:Fairchild Argus Mk2 (24W-41A)
C/n (msn):849
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Long Kesh (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 2022
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:HB612
Aircraft Original Type:Fairchild 24
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild 24 (C-61 Forwarder/Argus)
Aircraft Version:Fairchild Argus Mk2 (24W-41A)
C/n (msn):849
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Long Kesh (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Collection:Ulster Aviation Society Collection
Photo Date:11 September 2022
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:495169Submit Correction
View count: 76
Constructed in in 1943 with USAAF serial 43-14885 but transferred to the RAF as HB612. Under the terms of lend-lease the aircraft was returned to the USAAF post-war but it appears to have remained in the UK. It was registered as G-AJSN on 8 May, 1947 to the West London Aero Club and was bought by Hon. Benjamin Bathurst (an ex-RAF pilot) on 13 May 1948. It was sold to another owner in March, 1967, but its flying career apparently ended when it suffered a ground loop at Cork on 10 June, 1967. As can be seen here, the aircraft has now been beautifully restored by the Ulster Aviation Society.
Registration / Serial:HB612
Aircraft Version:Fairchild Argus Mk2 (24W-41A)
C/n (msn):849
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Long Kesh (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 2022
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact