Percival Prentice VS331 – maintenance serial 7404M

Mine was Hermes G-ALDA at Biggin Hill in 1963

Nice one Papa Juliet,
Not often you can pick out first flights Aircraft ID’s. And get subsequent final history. Bill T.

It was the first aircraft I ever flew in – as a CCF cadet. Ternhill 6 May 1953.

My Gosh !!
Would have worked on that one back in 1958. As a Halton Apprentice of 88th Entry undergoing Airframes training those Prentices in the airframe workshops were used for our first taste of dismantling and re-rigging. They certainly vanished at the time the Percival (Piston) Provosts were delivered, which I guess was 59. Didn’t realise the Prentices were scrapped on site though, as I would have nobbled an instrument or 2 off them. Thanks guys !!!

Bill T.

Thank you Rob – that’s just what I wanted.

the excellent Air Britain Percival Book indicates it went from 27MU Shawbury to halton in 1957 and was SOC/scrapped there in 59.
Rob