Aircraft Photo of G-ABWW | Comper CLA-7 Gipsy Swift

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	G-ABWW
Aircraft Original Type:	Comper CLA-7 Swift
Aircraft Generic Type:	Comper CLA-7 Swift
Aircraft Version:	Comper CLA-7 Gipsy Swift
C/n (msn):	GS.32/1

Location
Location:	Not known
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom

Photo Date:	1932
Photo from:	Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:	787256

Photo Comment
The first Gipsy Swift, registered 28-Jun-1932 to Flt Lt E H Fielden (seen standing) who was personal pilot to HRH The Prince of Wales. Raced in the 1932 King's Cup Air Race, sold to Richard Shuttleworth, August 1935; T Richardson, Eastleigh, July 1936; S T Lowe, Gravesend, December 1937; H O Winters, Gravesend, September 1938. Given to ATC unit in Tonbridge, Kent, 1943. Presumed scrapped. Photo from Alex Henshaw's personal album over 40 years ago. This photo was added on 9 March 2025, and has since been viewed 327 times.

Photo Comment

The first Gipsy Swift, registered 28-Jun-1932 to Flt Lt E H Fielden (seen standing) who was personal pilot to HRH The Prince of Wales. Raced in the 1932 King's Cup Air Race, sold to Richard Shuttleworth, August 1935; T Richardson, Eastleigh, July 1936; S T Lowe, Gravesend, December 1937; H O Winters, Gravesend, September 1938. Given to ATC unit in Tonbridge, Kent, 1943. Presumed scrapped. Photo from Alex Henshaw's personal album over 40 years ago.

This photo was added on 9 March 2025, and has since been viewed 327 times.

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