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Tp
6 - Fairchild 24 De Luxe (1940-1943)
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At
the outbreak of war, many civilian aircraft were mobilized. Most of them
was larger aircraft. But also lighter aircraft for liaison
was used. The Naval Aviation Wing of F 2 at Hägernäs needed
smaller aircraft for transport of personnel and liaison in their
co-operation with the Navy. For
this reason, one Fairchild 24-C8CS-De Luxe, for sure an odd bird in the
Air Force, was mobilized between May of 1940 and February of 1943. Its
earlier civil registration was SE-AIR (in the USA ex NC15926). The
aircraft was high-winged and had space for four persons. It was equipped
with floats. It
was powered with a Warner Super Scarab SS50 air-cooled radial engine
delivering 145 hk. The
aircraft was designated Tp 6
and got the Air Force number 912. At the delivery of the Tp 6 in May of
1940 to the Air Force, it crashed. But it was repaired and in service
again in October the same year. After its time in the Air Force, the
Fairchild went back to the civil register, where it was written off in
1951 after another crash. The photos is taken at F 2 by Karl-Erik Björkner, who once worked as a mechanic at the base. Length: 7,24 m. Span: 11,08 m. MTOW 1.160 kg. Max. speed: 210 km/h.
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For the Model Builder |
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| AZ models has added a plastic model kit of Fairchild UC-61A to their Legato collection. The aircraft is a military version of Fairchild 24 and similar to the Swedish Tp 6. Scale 1:72. Kit AZL 7232. |
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Topgun, maker of resin
model kits, has a Fairchild 24 / Tp 6 complete with Swedish decals. Scale
1:72. |
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© Lars Henriksson |
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Updated 2013-03-04 |
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