Registration / Serial:AX701
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 10 Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 10 Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 10-A Electra
C/n (msn):1124
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Cloudy Joe
City / Airport:Beirut - Bir Hassan (closed)Map
Country:Lebanon
Photo Date:September 1942 to October 1942
Photo by:Brian SpurrContact
Photo ID:428019Submit Correction
View count: 473
Photo taken by my father Algy Spurr circa Sep / Oct 1942 in WW2. This could be at Beirut, Lebanon. Lockheed Model 10-A Electra "Cloudy Joe" was RAF AX701 (former Aeroput YU-SBB). It was involved in Operation Pike to photograph the Iraq oil fields. The Electra served with 267 Sq in 1941-42, then with 680(PR) Sq in 1943-44 and suffered a main gear collapse on landing at Matariya, Egypt on 25 Aug 1944 during a test flight. It was withdrawn from use and eventually struck off charge on 22 Feb 1945.
Registration / Serial:AX701
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 10-A Electra
C/n (msn):1124
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Beirut - Bir Hassan (closed)Map
Country:Lebanon
Photo Date:September 1942 to October 1942
Photo by:Brian SpurrContact
Registration / Serial:AX701
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 10 Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 10 Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 10-A Electra
C/n (msn):1124
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Cloudy Joe
City / Airport:Beirut - Bir Hassan (closed)Map
Country:Lebanon
Photo Date:September 1942 to October 1942
Photo by:Brian SpurrContact
Photo ID:428019Submit Correction
View count: 473
Photo taken by my father Algy Spurr circa Sep / Oct 1942 in WW2. This could be at Beirut, Lebanon. Lockheed Model 10-A Electra "Cloudy Joe" was RAF AX701 (former Aeroput YU-SBB). It was involved in Operation Pike to photograph the Iraq oil fields. The Electra served with 267 Sq in 1941-42, then with 680(PR) Sq in 1943-44 and suffered a main gear collapse on landing at Matariya, Egypt on 25 Aug 1944 during a test flight. It was withdrawn from use and eventually struck off charge on 22 Feb 1945.
Registration / Serial:AX701
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 10-A Electra
C/n (msn):1124
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Beirut - Bir Hassan (closed)Map
Country:Lebanon
Photo Date:September 1942 to October 1942
Photo by:Brian SpurrContact