Aircraft Photo of AX866 / G-ADPR | Percival P.3 Gull Six | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #748100
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:AX866
Alternate Registration:G-ADPR
Aircraft Original Type:Percival P.3 Gull Six
Aircraft Generic Type:Percival P.3 Gull Six
Aircraft Version:Percival P.3 Gull Six
C/n (msn):D55
Operator Titles:(UK - Air Force)
Aircraft Name:Jean
Location
City / Airport:Kemble - CotswoldMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGBP   IATA: GBA   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Kemble Auction of impressed aircraft 1945
 
Photo Date:1945
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID: 748100
Photo Comment

Jean Batten's Percival Gull Six, G-ADPR, seen at RAF Kemble in its RAF impressment camouflage and serial. It was sold to Hunting-Percival Aircraft Ltd and restored at Luton. Eventually presented to the Shuttleworth Collection it was disposed of in 1995, re-registered as ZK-DPR it was flown once after arrival in New Zealand but now hangs from the roof of the terminal building at Auckland International Airport.

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