THE OTHER LOCKHEED 12As OWNED BY

SIDNEY COTTON'S COMPANIES

Aeronautical and Industrial Research Corp.
Aeronautical Research and Sales Corp.


G-AGWM (msn 1211)
NC17311
21JAN37
Walgreen Drug Co. Inc., Chicago
42-38352
14MAR42
Taken on charge by USAAF as type UC-40D
LA620
18APR42
Supplied to RAF under Lend Lease
G-AGWM
19FEB46
Registered to Aeronautical and Industrial Research Corp.
OO-AFA
31MAR47
Sold to Roger Hansez, Belgium
F-BHVT
06MAY57
Registered Archange Raimondi
F-BHVT
63
Sold to Michael Duc, Nice, France
F-BHVT
20NOV71
Crashed on landing at Briare, France and written off
G-AEOI (msn 1212)
G-AEOI
02MAR37
Registered to Viscount Furness, London via Brian Allen Aviation
X9316
15DEC39
Impressed by RAF
G-AEOI
12JUN40
Spencer Leonard Ring flew G-AEOI to Orléans-Bricy, ferrying 212 Squadron personnel back to Britain the same day. He flew the same aircraft to Bricy the next day, returning to Britain via Saint-Malo on the 14th with more evacuees. (Source: Key Aero, Alone and Unarmed, 29MAR18)
G-AGWO
17NOV45
Sold to Aeronautical and Industrial Research Corp. Regn not taken up
G-AEOI
NOV45
Reverted to G-AEOI with Aeronautical and Industrial Research Corp.
G-AEOI
OCT46
Sold to Shell Refining & Marketing Co.
YV-P-AEJ
JAN47
Registered to Shell Oil Co., Venezuela. (Emmert & Larkins have YV-P-AEO)
YV-C-BAB
26AUG50
Registered to Salta SA
YV-C-FLB
.
Registered to Aeroactividados Venezolanos SA (AVSA)
YV-C-TAD
07MAR58
Registered to Transportes Aereos Nacionales CA (TANCA). Cancelled from Register after 1967. Fate unknown.
G-AFCO (msn 1238)
G-AFCO
03NOV37
Registered to Aeronautical Research and Sales Corp.
VT-AJS
MAR38
Sold to The Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, India
AX803
41
Leased to the RAF in India. Also reported as V4732.
AX803
30APR44
Struck off charge by RAF. Fate unknown.
G-AFPF (msn 1270)
G-AFPF
01MAR39
Registered to British Airways Ltd.
G-AFPF
.
Registered to Aeronautical Research and Sales Corp.
F-ARPP
02JUN39
Sold to Service Civil de Liaison en Afrique Occidentale Francaise
F-ARPP
05MAR43
Accident en route Dakar to Algiers
F-ARPP
03SEP43
Struck off Register. Fate unknown.
G-AFXP (msn 1274)
G-AFXP
12AUG39
Registered to Aeronautical Research and Sales Corp.
VT-AMB
06MAR40
Registered to The Maharajah of Jaipur, India
HX798
03JUL42
Impressed by the RAF in India
HX798
01JAN47
Struck off charge by RAF. Fate unknown.
G-AGVZ (msn 1277)
NC18900
05JAN40
Registered to Nevada Development Co., Silver Peak, Nevada
42-38349
14MAR42
Taken on charge by USAAF as type UC-40D
LA621
18APR42
Supplied to RAF under Lend Lease
G-AGVZ
07DEC45
Registered to Aeronautical and Industrial Research Corp.
NC79820
22NOV46
Sold to Bernard E Smith
NC79820
13FEB47
Sold to Balfour Marine Engineering Co., USA
N79820
16NOV51
To Chalmers H Goodlin
N79820
21MAR52
To Jean Boy-Landry
N79820
AUG53
Derelict at Cannes, France by this date
F-BFUD
03FEB60
Registered to Vital Chapeau
F-BFUD
19SEP60
To Escadrille Mercure
F-BFUD
63
To Air Esterel
F-BFUD
21JAN64
To Jean-Marie Chapeau
F-BFUD
16NOV79
Stored at Nice after last flown on this date
F-BFUD
27DEC82
Ferried to La Mole, France having been sold to Philippe Denis
F-BFUD
12APR84
Cancelled on sale to USA
N4992V
10MAY84
Registered to Louis O Hilton
N112LH
19NOV84
Re-registered
N112LH
15JUN95
Registered to David E Swanson. Flying at time of writing.

 

SOURCES

The Civil Aircraft Registers of Great Britain - TAHS 1986 - John Appleton
The Lockheed Twins - Air Britain 2001 - Peter J. Marson
Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society - Winter 1974 - Tom Emmert and Bill Larkins

 

Issue
Date
Remarks
2
21MAR23
Added a reference to G-AEOI under 12JUN40. Thanks to Ben Micklem.
1
08SEP05
Original Issue

 

 


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