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1936 Lockheed 12A
| Overview | |
| Listing Status: | Inactive |
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The missions and outcome of Sydney Cotton's use of Lockheed G-AFTL (sponsored by MI6), is significant and tangible to the history of WWII and wartime innovation and contribution to the RAF and its allies and war effort. A secret amalgamation involving MI6, spy-planes, espionage, technology, innovation, personal courage and risk, this aircraft and its owner, awakened an entirely new discipline. One in which mankind had no real expertise at the time. Photo-Reconnaissance. This new discipline would spawn and mature under Cottons efforts. The RAF would go on to become the masters of this new important discipline: photo-reconnaissance and photo-intelligence in WWII.The eventual and highly successful RAF photo recon PR Units of Spitfires, Mosquitos and others would grow from this seed of innovation and would fly on with extreme success. The Sydney Cotton Lockheed 12A G-AFTL now nicknamed “Sydney” and Cotton himself, were both the origin and turning point of this new discipline. Their finest hour was in service during one of England’s most challenging periods. |
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| Price: | N/A |
| Offered By: | Platinum Fighter Sales |
| Registration: | N12EJ |
| S/N: | 1236 |
| Location: |
Wilmington, Delaware United States 
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| Airframe | |
| Total Time: | 7,059 Hours |
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| Engines & Props | |
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Engines: Pratt & Whitney R-985's with chrome cylinders. Propellers: Left: 44.9 SMOH Right: 44.9 SMOH |
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| Engine 1 Hours: | 10.7 SMOH |
| Engine 2 Hours: | 44.9 SMOH |
