Prentice Comments and Corrections
Jan 2, 2020 15:57:58 GMT
Post by Paul Jackson on Jan 2, 2020 15:57:58 GMT
Prentice Additions
General notes on ATL aircraft:
(These, largely, taken from the on-the-spot observations of A J Jackson. They show that there was significant interchange of aircraft between Stansted and Southend, despite statements to the contrary.)
Scrapped at Southend prior to 17.12.61: G-AOKA, OKC, OKI, OKP,OKS, OKU, OLC, OLD,OLF, OLN, OLS, OLV, OMA, OME, OMT, ONC, ONE, ONH, ONI, ONJ, ONX, OON, OOT, OPJ, PJG, PJI
Scrapped at Southend 12.61 to 4.3.62: G-AOLE, OLT, OMC, OMO, OMY, OOB, OOF, OOS
All remaining at Southend then to Stansted by road in 6.62 except spares aircraft G-AOLB, OLY, OMM, OPU and 7270M
To Stansted by road ex RAF: VR283/7274M, VR225/7269M, VR291/7275M, VR273/7271M, VR293/7276M, VS275/7233M, VR237/7270M, VR281/7273M, VR223/7268M, VR218, VR238, VS698. All but VR237 and VR218 scrapped by 30.3.60
VR189 rebuilt as PAC/F/371
VR193 Southend 1.6.56.
VR195 Scrap Feltwell 11.5.50.
VR196 Stansted fire school
VR207 Stansted by road 20.6.62
VR218 Scrapped 19.5.59.
VR220 delivered Southend initially
VR222 Stansted 18.6.62.
VR223 Southend by road
VR225 Southend by road
VR226 Scrapped 12.12.51
VR229 60 MU was at Rufforth
VR238 Southend by road
VR239 removed 18.5.62
VR242 Not Mauripur (Pakistan) but Mafraq, Jordan
VR243 Southend 31.5.56.; Scrap 15.1.62.
VR244 Southend 4.6.56.
VR250 Stansted MoA Fire School
VR252 60 MU was at Rufforth; date was 1951 not 61
VR258 60 MU at Rufforth
VR260 To MoA Fire School
VR270 removed 14.5.62.
VR273 Southend by road
VR275 ditto
VR277 Stansted MoA Fire School
VR281 Southend by road 29.8.57. Scrap 3.60
VR285 Southend 15.6.56.
VR291 Southend by road
VR292 Not Coastal Command; Home Command.
VR293 Southend by road
VR295 Southend 20.6.56.
VR301 Southend 6.6.56. Gale damage; Stansted 22.6.62. by road
VR303 initially Southend?
VR304 Stansted 15.6.56.
VR306 Southend 6.4.56.; gale damage
VR310 Southend 4.4.56.
VR313 G-APGT FF 15.9.59.; departed on delivery 22.9.59.
VR316 Southend 16.4.56.; gale damage; Stansted 22.6.62 by road
VR317 Southend 19.6.56.; Stab by road 17.11.61
VR318 gale damage
VR321 Southend 24.7.56.; Stansted; scrapped 25.11.61.
VR322 Southend 2.5.56.
VS241 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS242 Southend 20.6.56.
VS244 Southend 27.6.56.
VS246 Southend 29.6.56. Removed 18.5.62.
VS252 Southend 20.6.56.; Removed 18.5.62.
VS255 Southend 9.5.56.; Stansted 20.6.62 by road
VS257 Southend 12.6.56. Scrap 2.62
VS262 Location Nordelph
VS265 ditto
VS266 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 2.62
VS271 No such location; suggest West of Stanton
VS283 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 20.11.61
VS284 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS286 Southend 16.5.56.; gale damage; Stansted by road 22.6.62.
VS289 Home Command CS
VS316 Southend 11.5.56.
VS318 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 4.62
VS319 Southend 16.5.56
VS320 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 4.62
VS321 Southend 16.6.56.
VS322 Scrap 12.61
VS323 Scrap 2.62
VS324 Southend 2.5.56. Stansted by road 20.6.62.
VS327 Southend 11.5.56.; Stansted by road 18.6.62.
VS328 Southend 14.6.56.; scrap 28.11.61.
VS329 Southend 14.5.56. Scrap 4.62
VS332 Southend 20.6.56.; scrap 3.62
VS333 Southend 15.6.56.; scrap 11.61
VS353 ATL crew ferry 9.5.56. to 16.5.56.
VS354 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS359 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 2.62
VS364 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS365 Southend 15.5.56.; scrap 2.62
VS368 to Coley scrapyard, Feltham by 1961
VS374 Southend 14.5.56. ; OMK FF also given as 21.7.59. which seems more believable
VS375 Southend 2.5.56.
VS376 gale damage
VS382 Southend 19.4.56.
VS383 scrap 12.61
VS384 Southend 18.6.56.; scrap 1.62
VS385 Southend 10.5.56.
VS386 Southend 2.5.56
VS388 Southend 11.5.56.; FF was as OO-CIM
VS391 Stansted 18.6.62.
VS393 Southend 16.6.56.; scrap 12.61
VS395 Southend 2.5.56. Stansted by road 18.5.62.
VS396 ATL crew ferry 14.6 to 16.5.56; Southend 14.5.56. FF as OO-LUC 21.1.60; delivered Belgium 7.3.60.
VS409 Stansted 20.6.62.
VS411 Southend 20.6.56.; Stansted by road 18.5.62.
VS412 Southend 16.5.56.; Stansted by road 18.5.62.
VS609 Southend 11.7.56.
VS610 Southend 17.4.56.
VS612 Southend 19.6.56. scrap 3.62
VS613 Southend 14.6.56.
VS618 Southend 10.5.56.; FF 19.4.61.
VS619 Southend 15.6.56.; Stansted by road 22.6.62
VS621 Southend 25.4.56.; G-AOKO FF 3.6.59.
VS623 Southend 2.6.56.
VS628 Southend 13.6.56.
VS630 Southend 10.5.56.; Stansted by road 18.6.62.
VS633 Southend 18.7.56.; G-AOPY converted and FF 21.7.60
VS635 Southend 25.4.56. Scrap 12.61
VS639 Southend 20.6.56. Scrap 12.61
VS641 On 15.9.50 was allocated to RAF Catterick for BoB Day display (RAF Regiment HQ)
VS642 Southend 17.4.56.; departed 18.5.62.
VS644 Southend 10.5.56. Scrap 12.61
VS649 Southend 27.4.56. Scrap 3.62
VS651 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS652 Date for Vendair is out of sequence
VS687 Southend 7.6.56.
VS690 Southend 9.5.56.; Stansted by road 20.6.62.
VS692 Southend 4.5.56. Scrap 12.61
VS695 Southend 10.5.56.; gale damage; Stansted by road 22.2.62
VS698 Southend by road
VS727 Southend 15.6.56.
VS729 Southend 10.5.56.
VS732 Southend 16.4.56. Scrap 12.61
VS737 Southend 16.6.56
VS740 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS744 Stansted by road 14.5.62.
VS745 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS749 gal damage; Stansted 22.2.62.
VS751 Southend 11.5.56. Scrap 12.61
VS753 loaned Colerne for BoB Day 14.9.51; Southend 13.6.56. Scrap 12.61
VS755 Southend 19.4.56.
Unknown registrations of Ministerio de Aeronautica, Argentina:
LQ-ZKZ to -ZLE and LQ-ZLU to ZLW (at least).
Alternative list of Prentice fuselage numbers.
These appear to be individual sightings forming a partial list. They differ substantially from the book’s list for the first 100 aircraft, but conform closely after that.
1 TV163
2 TV166
3 TV168
4 TV172
5 TV177
6
7 VN684
8 VN687
9 VN691
10 VN695
11 VN700
12 VN702
13 VR189
14 VR192
17 VR193
18 VR196
23 VR200
31 VR207
32 VR208
33 VR209
34 VR210
35 VR211
36 VR212
37 VR218
38
39 VR219
40 VR220
41 VR221
42 VR222
43 VR223
44 VR225
47 VR227
49 VR229
51 VR232
54-58 VR235-238
62 HV532
65 VR239
66 VR240
69-71 VR243-45
74-76 VR248-50
84 VR257
86-88 VR259-61
89 001 (Arg)
90-98 VR262-270
99 002
100-02 003-5
106 VR271
107 006
108-12 VR272-276
117-20 007-10
122-3 011-2
124 VR277
125 VR279
127 VR281
129-40 VR283-94
141 013
142-3 VR295-6
144-46 014-16
147 VR301
148 017
149-50 VR302-303
Then as per list except:
235-236 not given
247-249 not given
251 not given
284 VS643
285 VS642
298-299 not given
302-303
304 VS651
305 not given
308 not given
326 not given
327 VS725
328 VS726
General notes on ATL aircraft:
(These, largely, taken from the on-the-spot observations of A J Jackson. They show that there was significant interchange of aircraft between Stansted and Southend, despite statements to the contrary.)
Scrapped at Southend prior to 17.12.61: G-AOKA, OKC, OKI, OKP,OKS, OKU, OLC, OLD,OLF, OLN, OLS, OLV, OMA, OME, OMT, ONC, ONE, ONH, ONI, ONJ, ONX, OON, OOT, OPJ, PJG, PJI
Scrapped at Southend 12.61 to 4.3.62: G-AOLE, OLT, OMC, OMO, OMY, OOB, OOF, OOS
All remaining at Southend then to Stansted by road in 6.62 except spares aircraft G-AOLB, OLY, OMM, OPU and 7270M
To Stansted by road ex RAF: VR283/7274M, VR225/7269M, VR291/7275M, VR273/7271M, VR293/7276M, VS275/7233M, VR237/7270M, VR281/7273M, VR223/7268M, VR218, VR238, VS698. All but VR237 and VR218 scrapped by 30.3.60
VR189 rebuilt as PAC/F/371
VR193 Southend 1.6.56.
VR195 Scrap Feltwell 11.5.50.
VR196 Stansted fire school
VR207 Stansted by road 20.6.62
VR218 Scrapped 19.5.59.
VR220 delivered Southend initially
VR222 Stansted 18.6.62.
VR223 Southend by road
VR225 Southend by road
VR226 Scrapped 12.12.51
VR229 60 MU was at Rufforth
VR238 Southend by road
VR239 removed 18.5.62
VR242 Not Mauripur (Pakistan) but Mafraq, Jordan
VR243 Southend 31.5.56.; Scrap 15.1.62.
VR244 Southend 4.6.56.
VR250 Stansted MoA Fire School
VR252 60 MU was at Rufforth; date was 1951 not 61
VR258 60 MU at Rufforth
VR260 To MoA Fire School
VR270 removed 14.5.62.
VR273 Southend by road
VR275 ditto
VR277 Stansted MoA Fire School
VR281 Southend by road 29.8.57. Scrap 3.60
VR285 Southend 15.6.56.
VR291 Southend by road
VR292 Not Coastal Command; Home Command.
VR293 Southend by road
VR295 Southend 20.6.56.
VR301 Southend 6.6.56. Gale damage; Stansted 22.6.62. by road
VR303 initially Southend?
VR304 Stansted 15.6.56.
VR306 Southend 6.4.56.; gale damage
VR310 Southend 4.4.56.
VR313 G-APGT FF 15.9.59.; departed on delivery 22.9.59.
VR316 Southend 16.4.56.; gale damage; Stansted 22.6.62 by road
VR317 Southend 19.6.56.; Stab by road 17.11.61
VR318 gale damage
VR321 Southend 24.7.56.; Stansted; scrapped 25.11.61.
VR322 Southend 2.5.56.
VS241 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS242 Southend 20.6.56.
VS244 Southend 27.6.56.
VS246 Southend 29.6.56. Removed 18.5.62.
VS252 Southend 20.6.56.; Removed 18.5.62.
VS255 Southend 9.5.56.; Stansted 20.6.62 by road
VS257 Southend 12.6.56. Scrap 2.62
VS262 Location Nordelph
VS265 ditto
VS266 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 2.62
VS271 No such location; suggest West of Stanton
VS283 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 20.11.61
VS284 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS286 Southend 16.5.56.; gale damage; Stansted by road 22.6.62.
VS289 Home Command CS
VS316 Southend 11.5.56.
VS318 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 4.62
VS319 Southend 16.5.56
VS320 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 4.62
VS321 Southend 16.6.56.
VS322 Scrap 12.61
VS323 Scrap 2.62
VS324 Southend 2.5.56. Stansted by road 20.6.62.
VS327 Southend 11.5.56.; Stansted by road 18.6.62.
VS328 Southend 14.6.56.; scrap 28.11.61.
VS329 Southend 14.5.56. Scrap 4.62
VS332 Southend 20.6.56.; scrap 3.62
VS333 Southend 15.6.56.; scrap 11.61
VS353 ATL crew ferry 9.5.56. to 16.5.56.
VS354 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS359 Southend 10.5.56.; scrap 2.62
VS364 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS365 Southend 15.5.56.; scrap 2.62
VS368 to Coley scrapyard, Feltham by 1961
VS374 Southend 14.5.56. ; OMK FF also given as 21.7.59. which seems more believable
VS375 Southend 2.5.56.
VS376 gale damage
VS382 Southend 19.4.56.
VS383 scrap 12.61
VS384 Southend 18.6.56.; scrap 1.62
VS385 Southend 10.5.56.
VS386 Southend 2.5.56
VS388 Southend 11.5.56.; FF was as OO-CIM
VS391 Stansted 18.6.62.
VS393 Southend 16.6.56.; scrap 12.61
VS395 Southend 2.5.56. Stansted by road 18.5.62.
VS396 ATL crew ferry 14.6 to 16.5.56; Southend 14.5.56. FF as OO-LUC 21.1.60; delivered Belgium 7.3.60.
VS409 Stansted 20.6.62.
VS411 Southend 20.6.56.; Stansted by road 18.5.62.
VS412 Southend 16.5.56.; Stansted by road 18.5.62.
VS609 Southend 11.7.56.
VS610 Southend 17.4.56.
VS612 Southend 19.6.56. scrap 3.62
VS613 Southend 14.6.56.
VS618 Southend 10.5.56.; FF 19.4.61.
VS619 Southend 15.6.56.; Stansted by road 22.6.62
VS621 Southend 25.4.56.; G-AOKO FF 3.6.59.
VS623 Southend 2.6.56.
VS628 Southend 13.6.56.
VS630 Southend 10.5.56.; Stansted by road 18.6.62.
VS633 Southend 18.7.56.; G-AOPY converted and FF 21.7.60
VS635 Southend 25.4.56. Scrap 12.61
VS639 Southend 20.6.56. Scrap 12.61
VS641 On 15.9.50 was allocated to RAF Catterick for BoB Day display (RAF Regiment HQ)
VS642 Southend 17.4.56.; departed 18.5.62.
VS644 Southend 10.5.56. Scrap 12.61
VS649 Southend 27.4.56. Scrap 3.62
VS651 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS652 Date for Vendair is out of sequence
VS687 Southend 7.6.56.
VS690 Southend 9.5.56.; Stansted by road 20.6.62.
VS692 Southend 4.5.56. Scrap 12.61
VS695 Southend 10.5.56.; gale damage; Stansted by road 22.2.62
VS698 Southend by road
VS727 Southend 15.6.56.
VS729 Southend 10.5.56.
VS732 Southend 16.4.56. Scrap 12.61
VS737 Southend 16.6.56
VS740 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS744 Stansted by road 14.5.62.
VS745 Stansted MoA Fire School
VS749 gal damage; Stansted 22.2.62.
VS751 Southend 11.5.56. Scrap 12.61
VS753 loaned Colerne for BoB Day 14.9.51; Southend 13.6.56. Scrap 12.61
VS755 Southend 19.4.56.
Unknown registrations of Ministerio de Aeronautica, Argentina:
LQ-ZKZ to -ZLE and LQ-ZLU to ZLW (at least).
Alternative list of Prentice fuselage numbers.
These appear to be individual sightings forming a partial list. They differ substantially from the book’s list for the first 100 aircraft, but conform closely after that.
1 TV163
2 TV166
3 TV168
4 TV172
5 TV177
6
7 VN684
8 VN687
9 VN691
10 VN695
11 VN700
12 VN702
13 VR189
14 VR192
17 VR193
18 VR196
23 VR200
31 VR207
32 VR208
33 VR209
34 VR210
35 VR211
36 VR212
37 VR218
38
39 VR219
40 VR220
41 VR221
42 VR222
43 VR223
44 VR225
47 VR227
49 VR229
51 VR232
54-58 VR235-238
62 HV532
65 VR239
66 VR240
69-71 VR243-45
74-76 VR248-50
84 VR257
86-88 VR259-61
89 001 (Arg)
90-98 VR262-270
99 002
100-02 003-5
106 VR271
107 006
108-12 VR272-276
117-20 007-10
122-3 011-2
124 VR277
125 VR279
127 VR281
129-40 VR283-94
141 013
142-3 VR295-6
144-46 014-16
147 VR301
148 017
149-50 VR302-303
Then as per list except:
235-236 not given
247-249 not given
251 not given
284 VS643
285 VS642
298-299 not given
302-303
304 VS651
305 not given
308 not given
326 not given
327 VS725
328 VS726