Aircraft Photo of K2771 | Vickers 253 | UK - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	K2771
Aircraft Original Type:	Vickers 253
Aircraft Generic Type:	Vickers 253
Aircraft Version:	Vickers 253
C/n (msn):	[ K2771 ]
Operator Titles:	UK - Air Force

Location
City / Airport:	Brooklands (closed)Map
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EGLB IATA: - Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	September 1934 to August 1935
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	694829

Photo Comment
The Vickers 253 was designed to meet an RAF requirement for a general purposes aircraft to replace the Wapiti. It won the contest and 150 were ordered. When Vickers demonstrated the Wellesley, which it had developed privately to the same specification, the RAF switched the order to the monoplane. K2771 was used as a engine test bed before being donated to the Air Training Corps with serial 2574M. Fate then unknown. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand This photo was added on 8 June 2024, and has since been viewed 329 times.

Photo Comment

The Vickers 253 was designed to meet an RAF requirement for a general purposes aircraft to replace the Wapiti. It won the contest and 150 were ordered. When Vickers demonstrated the Wellesley, which it had developed privately to the same specification, the RAF switched the order to the monoplane. K2771 was used as a engine test bed before being donated to the Air Training Corps with serial 2574M. Fate then unknown. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

This photo was added on 8 June 2024, and has since been viewed 329 times.

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