| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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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 290 times. |