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    Airframe Family: Fairchild 24 Argus / C-61 Forwarder / C-68 / GK / J2K
    Latest Model:UC-61A-FA Argus
    Construction Number:0293
    Last Civil Registration:G-AJSX
    Compressed ID:Fairchild UC-61A-FA cn 0293 cr G-AJ...
    Latest Owner or Location:Terravia Trading Services Ltd., London

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UC-61A-FA by Fairchild at Hagerstown, MD, USA.

    8 May 1947

    To Industrial Motor (?) Consessions Ltd, Manchester, U. K with new c/r G-AJSX.

    23 June 1952

    To W. S. Shackleton, Ltd, London, U. K keeping c/r G-AJSX.

    29 April 1953

    To O. A. Maidment Son, Ltd, Leicester, U. K keeping c/r G-AJSX.

    1 May 1953

    Civil registration revised.
    The registration was updated to show the new ownership.

    16 February 1958

    To William John Ladd Rees keeping c/r G-AJSX.

    19 February 1958

    Civil registration revised.
    The registration was updated to show the new ownership.

    12 April 1959

    To Terravia Trading Services Ltd, London keeping c/r G-AJSX.

    Keith Townsend comments: Although the history given here suggests that Wm J L Rees owned this aircraft for just a couple of days this was not the case. Bill, a master at Moseley Grammar Schhol, Birmingham, owned it for some time during the late fifties. It was based at Wolverhampton but was a regular visitor to Elmdon, Birmingham. I understand that the photograph here was taken at Biggin Hill and that the airframe ended its days in a Croydon scrapyard.

    16 November 1959

    To Maurice F. Slade, Richmond, U. K keeping c/r G-AJSX.

    28 September 1961

    To Terravia Trading Services Ltd, London keeping c/r G-AJSX.

    1961


    Photographer: Graham Baker

    9 November 1961

    Civil registration revised.
    The registration was updated to show the new ownership.

    27 October 1966

    Withdrawn from use.


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