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British Aircraft Manufacturing Swallow

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Produced Variants
L.25C 1A Swallow I
 		 Two-seat low wing touring monoplane, based on the German Klemm L25. Typically one 85 h.p. Pobjoy Cataract II powerplant, but also 75 h.p. British-Salmson A.D.9R or 75 h.p. Pobjoy R as noted.
Swallow II
 		 As Swallow I but featuring modified structure to simplify production. One 85 h.p. Pobjoy Cataract II, 90 h.p. Pobjoy Cataract III or 90 h.p. Blackburn Cirrus Minor powerplant as noted.

Production List

L.25C 1A Swallow I

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 28 aircraft built by the British Klemm Company, Hanworth, Middlesex, between November 1933 and January 1935.
 1  G-ACMK  Salmson A.D.9R. To C.E. Berens.
 2  G-ACMZ  To Lord Willoughby de Broke
 3  G-ACVW  To Sir   John Carberry, Nairobi, Kenya.
 4  VP-KBB  To African Air Services, Nairobi, Kenya.
 5  G-ACNU  To Major H Musker.
 6  G-ACOE  To Germany as D-ECOE.
 7  G-ACON  To Capt A.D. Crabbe.
 8  G-ACOW  Pobjoy R. To Capt The Hon Lionel Lambart, Southampton. Impressed as X5010.
 9  G-ACSN  To Spain January 1935 as EC-XXA.
 10  G-ACPJ  To the Earl of Essex.
 11  G-ACRD  To the Rt. Hon. F.E. Guest, Hanworth. Impressed as X5011.
 12  G-ACSO  To Wrightson Aircraft Sales Ltd.
 14  G-ACVV  To E.C. Paget.
 15  G-ACUB  To Aberdeen Flying Club, Dyce.
 16  G-ACUF  To J.L. MacAlpine.
 17  G-ACUM  To A. Sebang-Montefiore.
 18  G-ACWA  To E. Parry. Impressed as X5008.
 19  VP-KBK  To Sir   John Carberry, Nairobi, Kenya.
 20  G-ACXD  To A. Barchelor.
 21  G-ACXE  To the Aberdeen Flying School Ltd.
 22  G-ACTP  To Major H Musker
 23  G-ACXS  To the Aberdeen Flying School Ltd.
 24  VH-USH  To Adastra Aerial Surveys Ltd, NSW, Australia
 26  G-ACYY  To Ilford Aviation Co. Ltd.
 27  VT-AGA  To S.N. Chowdhury, Calcutta, India.
 28  G-ACZK  To E.J. Dease, Eire, January 1935 as EI-ABD.
 29  VH-URZ  To Adastra Aerial Surveys Ltd, NSW, Australia
 31  VH-UTA  To J.F. Jackson, St George, Qld, Australia.
Total Production   28



Swallow II

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 107 aircraft built by the British Aircraft Manufacturing Company, Hanworth, between May 1935 and July 1938.
 32  G-ADDB  Pobjoy Cataract II. To R.J. Kingsmill.
 400  G-ADJL  Pobjoy Cataract II. To G.R.D. Shaw.
 401  G-ADJM  Pobjoy Cataract II. To R. Branston
 402  G-ADJN  Pobjoy Cataract II. To J.H.L. Musker.
 403  VH-UTQ  Pobjoy Cataract II. C.J. Robertson, Sandringham, Victoria, NSW, Australia.
 404  G-ADLD  Pobjoy Cataract II. To M.G. Christie.
 405  G-ADMB  Pobjoy Cataract II. To Col. H.L. Cooper.
 406  G-ADMF  Pobjoy Cataract II. To H.E. Hudson.
 407  VH-UUH  Pobjoy Cataract II. To Newcastle Aero Club, NSW, Australia.
 408  G-ADMX  Pobjoy Cataract II. To I.C. Maxwell.
 409  VH-UUM  Pobjoy Cataract II. To R.H.F. Hickson, Maylands WA, Australia.
 410  G-ADPS  Pobjoy Cataract II. To Cotswold Aer Club.
 411  G-ADPT  Pobjoy Cataract II. To Edinburgh Flying Club.
 412  VH-UUJ  Pobjoy Cataract II. To Adastra Aerial Surveys Ltd, NSW, Australia.
 413  G-ADSF  Pobjoy Cataract II. To the Rt. Hon. F.E. Guest, Hanworth.
 414  VH-UUN  Pobjoy Cataract II. To J.J. Connolly, Mascot, NSW, Australia.
 415  G-ADXH  Pobjoy Cataract II. To the Leicestershire Aero Club.
 416  G-AEAU  Pobjoy Cataract II. To the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club.
 417  G-AECA  Pobjoy Cataract II. To G.R. Armstrong and J. Shand.
 418  G-AEAV  Pobjoy Cataract II. To the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club.
 419  G-AECY  Pobjoy Cataract III. To J.R. Grice.
 420  VR-SAL  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Eric Newbold, Eastern Smelting Co., Penang.
 421  G-AEDX  Pobjoy Cataract III. To P.R. Burton and V.M. Desmond. Impressed as E5952 to contract H.546122/41.
 422  OE-SSC  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Osterreich Fliegerschule, Wien, Austria.
 423  OE-SSD  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Osterreich Fliegerschule, Wien, Austria.
 424  G-AEHI  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Lt. Col. G.L. Prendergast.
 425  G-AEHB  Pobjoy Cataract III. To P.G.A. Blake.
 426  G-AEHK  Pobjoy Cataract III. To J.S.S.P. Vereker, General the Viscount Gort V.C. Impressed as X5007.
 427  G-AEHL  Pobjoy Cataract III. To R.M. Wilson. Impressed as BK895 to contract B.25283/39.
 428  G-AEIC  Pobjoy Cataract III. To H. Blount
 429  G-AEIG  Pobjoy Cataract III. To G. Dawson.
 430  G-AEIH  Pobjoy Cataract III.   To W.A. Phillips. Impressed as X5006.
 431  G-AEIW  Pobjoy Cataract III. To P.G. Aldrich-Blake.
 432  SU-AAQ  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Egypt.
 433  G-AEAH  Pobjoy Cataract III. To British Aircraft Manufacturing Co Ltd, Bombay, India as VT-AIK.
 434  VT-AHJ  Pobjoy Cataract III. To the The Bombay Flying Club Ltd, Juhu, India. To U.K. as G-AEZM.
 435  ZK-AEN  Pobjoy Cataract III. To R.L. Wigley, Timaru, New Zealand.
 436  G-AEGM  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Liverpool and District Aero Club.
 437  G-AEFM  Pobjoy Niagara. To D.R. Pobjoy.
 438  G-AEGN  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Merseyside Aero and Sports Co. Ltd.
 439  VT-AHP  Pobjoy Cataract III. To The Madras Flying Club Ltd, Madras, India.
 440  VT-AHS  Pobjoy Cataract III. To The Delhi Flying Club Ltd, New Delhi, India.
 441  G-AEIB  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To the Doncaster Aeor Club, April 1938.
 442  G-AEKG  Pobjoy Cataract III. To the Eastbourne Flying Club.
 443  G-AEKC  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To the Yorkshire Aviation Services Country Club Ltd.
 444  G-AEKB  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To J.J. Lister. Impressed as 3568M
 445  G-AELI  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To W. Courtenay.
 446  G-AELH  Pobjoy Cataract III. To P.G. Aldrich-Blake. Impressed as BK896 to contract B.25283/39.
 447  G-AELV  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd.
 448  G-AELJ  Pobjoy Cataract III. To A.E.H. Campbell.
 449  G-AELG  Pobjoy Cataract III. To the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aeo Club Ltd.
 450  VT-AIA  Pobjoy Cataract III. To The Bombay Flying Club Ltd, Bombay, India.
 451  VT-AHX  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Dr Francis Maxwell, New Delhi, India.
 452  G-AEMD  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Mrs F.M. Morris-Davies.
 453  G-AEMS  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Merseyside Aero and Sports Co. Ltd.
 454  G-AEMV  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To G. Western.
 455  G-AENC  Pobjoy Cataract III. To A.J. Cormack.
 456  G-AEMW  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To M.C. Scarlett/Eastbourne Fling Club.
 457  G-AEOW  Pobjoy Cataract III. To the London Air Park Flying Club in June 1938.
 458  G-AEOZ  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To C.D. Godfrey.
 459  VT-AIM  Pobjoy Cataract III. To the British Aircraft Manufacturing Co Ltd, Bombay, India.
 460  G-AEVD  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To A.J. Cormack.
 461  VT-AIG  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To The Bombay Flying Club Ltd, Bombay, India; to UK as G-AFBB.
 462  G-AFCL  Pobjoy Cataract III. To W.L. Hope.
 463  VT-AIH  Pobjoy Cataract III. To HH The Maharaja of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India.
 464  G-AFES  Pobjoy Cataract III. To P.W. Kennedy.
 465  G-AERI  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd.
 466  G-AERK  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To A. Batchelor.
 467  G-AFGC  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Sir C.H. Caine and T.H. Clayton. Impressed as BK893 to contract B.25283/39.
 468  G-AERR  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To H.N. Peake.
 469  G-AFGD  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Sir C.H. Caine and T.H. Clayton. Impressed as BK897 to contract B.25283/39.
 470  G-AFGE  Pobjoy Cataract III. To Sir C.H. Caine and T.H. Clayton. Impressed as BK894 to contract B.25283/39.
 471  G-AESL  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club Ltd. Impressed as 3412M.
 472  G-AFIG  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 473  G-AESI  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To the Leicestershire Aero Club Ltd.
 474  G-AEVC  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To the Cinque Ports Flying Club ltd.
 475  G-AEVZ  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To the Hull Aero Club (1934) Ltd.
 476  G-AEWB  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Mrs L. Rhodes-Moorhouse.
 477  G-AEWH  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To The Midland Bank Flying Club.
 478  G-AEWI  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To The Midland Bank Flying Club.
 479  G-AEXH  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To P.R. Burton and V.M. Desmond. Impressed as 3636M.
 480  G-AEYV  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To the Cinque Ports Flying Club ltd.
 481  G-AEYW  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To the Cinque Ports Flying Club ltd.
 482  G-AFBC  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To A.R. Colman to contract B.161918/40.
 483  G-AFGS  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To W.S. Shackleton Ltd; to H.R.B. Waters.
 484  G-AFER  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To S. Lawrence.
 485  G-AFGV  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To the Doncaster Aeor Club.
 486  G-AFHC  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To P. Mursell.
 487  G-AFHD  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To R.H.N. Graham.
 488  G-AFHH  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To A.W. Whittet.
 489  G-AFHR  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To W.S. Shackleton Ltd; to the Otago Aero Club, NZ as ZK-AGO. Impressed in September 1939 as NZ583, but found unsuitable and
     returned to owner the following year.
 490  G-AFHS  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To W.S. Shackleton Ltd; to J. Heath.
 491  G-AFHK  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 492  G-AFHL  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 493  G-AFHM  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 494  G-AFHN  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 495  G-AFHO  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 496  G-AFHP  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 497  G-AFHU  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 498  G-AFHV  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 499  G-AFHW  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 500  G-AFIH  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 501  G-AFII  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 502  G-AFIJ  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 503  G-AFIK  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
 504  G-AFIL  Blackburn Cirrus Minor I. To Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., for No.4 E.R.F.T.S. Brough.
Total Production   107



Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Mark
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 Swallow I (Salmson A.D.9R) 1     1
 Swallow I (Pobjoy Cataract II) 26     26
 Swallow I (Pobjoy R) 1     1
 Swallow II (Pobjoy Cataract II) 20     20
 Swallow II (Pobjoy Cataract III) 38     38
 Swallow II (Blackburn Cirrus Minor I) 47     47
 Swallow II (Pobjoy Niagara) 1     1
  134 0 0  

Production References
  1. British Isles Civil Aircraft Register 1919-2011 (LAAS International)
  2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/home.html
  3. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vt-aaa.pdf

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