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Jersey 1973 SG 91

Supermarine Sea Eagle

Aircraft registration is G-EBFK.

This aircraft - G-EBFK - was one of only three Supermarine Sea Eagles built, and were used for the world's first scheduled passenger air service by flying boat, between Southampton and Guernsey. This aircraft crashed on 21st May 1924.

See also entry for this same aircraft on a Marshall Islands 2001 set.

Info from sources listed below (will open in new tab)

1. Wikipedia

2. Aviation Safety Network

Source : Avia Deja Vu

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Jersey 1975 SG 134

Supermarine Southampton

Aircraft registration is S-1162.

Not much info available.

Source : National Library of Australia website

Photograph taken somewhere between 1925 and 1930.

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Jersey 1975 SG 135

Supermarine Spitfire

Aircraft registration is EN116, identifier 'RN-A'.

First flew November 1942, saw action in Africa in February 1943 with 72 Squadron. Collided with a BF109 and crashed in April 1943.

Info from All Spitfire Pilots site.

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Jersey 1979 SG 208, Scott 208

Percival Mew Gull

Aircraft registration is G-AEXF.

This aircraft was a British racing champion of the 1930s. It was owned by Alex Henshaw, and in 1938 Henshaw piloted this aircraft to win the King's Cup at 236 mph. In 1939 this aircraft set the record for the fastest England - Cape Town return time of 4 days and 10 hours, which stood for about 70 years. This aircraft has been restored and is now at the Shuttleworth Collection.

Source : Wikipedia. By RuthAS - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41532736

Mew Gull G-AEXF wearing racing number 97 when competing in the 1953 UK National Air Races

Source : Wikipedia.

At Breighton aerodrome in 2007

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Jersey 1979 SG 209, Scott 209

DHC-1 Chipmunk

Aircraft registration is OO-PHS, construction no 19.

Was part of the Belgian Air Force which was looking at replacements for the DH82 Tiger Moth. Was sold in 1956 to the Royal Antwerp Aviation Club. Aircraft crashed in September 1970 while trying to fly inverted.

Info from this link.

Source : Airport-Data.

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Jersey 1984 SG 340

Bristol Superfreighter

Aircraft registration is G-ANWM, was named 'Silver City'.

No info available. Please see this Jersey 2009 stamp featuring the same aircraft.

Source : airliners.net.

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Jersey 1984 SG 341

Airspeed Ambassador

Aircraft registration is G-ALZO, was named 'Christopher Marlowe', c/n 5226.

This aircraft still survives, and is under long term major restoration by the Duxford Aviation Society at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK.

Source : jetphotos.com, image copyright Steve Brimley.

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Jersey 1984 SG 342

de Havilland DH-114 Heron

Aircraft registration is G-AMYU, was named 'Duchess of Jersey'.

Crashed while on a freight flight to Guernsey on 15th August 1958, and was damaged beyond repair.

Source : airhistory.net.

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Jersey 1984 SG 343

de Havilland DH-89 Dragon Rapide

Aircraft registration is G-AGPH, was named 'Sir Henry Havelock'.

Aircraft was damaged beyond repair when it overturned on a beach near Barra Island in the Outer Hebrides on 6th December 1951.

Source : airliners.net.

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Jersey 1987 SG 409

de Havilland DH-86 Express

Aircraft registration is G-ACZP, c/n no 2321.

Built in 1934, this aircraft was initially registered to Jersey Airlines before being impressed into service by the RAF during the war. Crashed in Madrid in 1958, and was written off. It was one of the last flying DH-86 Express aircraft.

Info from sources listed below (will open in new tab)

1. BAAA

2. rzjets

Source : airhistory.net.

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Jersey 1990 SG 531

Supermarine Spitfire

Aircraft registration is P7895 'RN-N'.

Built early 1941. Crashed during takeoff from RAF Peterborough in March 1945, and was written off.

Info from this Aviation Safety Network page.

Source : asisbiz.

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Jersey 1990 SG 532

Hawker Hurricane

Aircraft identifier 'UF-N'.

Not much info available, but managed to get a photo of the aircraft.

P/O Juliusz "Topola" Topolnicki of No 601 Squadron RAF sits in readiness near Hurricane Mk I UF-N in a revetment at RAF Tangmere. August 1940.

Source : filminspector.com.

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Jersey 1990 SG 534

Avro Lancaster

Aircraft registration is W4339, identifier 'UF-N'.

Lancaster W4339 ("PM-M" of 103 Sqn, RAF) took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 01:27 hours on the night of 2/3rd December 1942, detailed to bomb Frankfurt, Germany. Was shot and crashed between Trebur and Groß-Gerau, Hessen, 8 kms of Rüsselsheim. All 7 crew were killed.

No photos available.

Info from this Aviation Safety Network page.

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Jersey 1994 SG 677, Scott 688

Short 360

Aircraft registration is G-OAAS, c/n no SH.3648.

First flew in June 1984. Operated by Aurigny Air Services from 1990 to 1998.

Info from this Wikimedia Commons page.

Source : Wikimedia Commons.

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Jersey 1997 SG 807

de Havilland DH-95 Flamingo

Aircraft registration is G-AFUE, c/n no 95001.

G-AFUE was the first prototype of the DH.95 which was the first all-metal, stressed-skin aircraft built by De Havilland. It first flew on 28th Dec 1938, and was damaged beyond repair after just 2 years of service, in October 1940.

Info from sources listed below (will open in new tab)

1. BAE Systems

2. theislandwiki

Source : BAE Systems.

Source : theislandwiki.

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Jersey 1997 SG 808

Handley Page HPR-1 Marathon

Aircraft registration is G-AMGW, c/n no 127.

Was owned by Derby Aviation. This particular aircraft doesn’t exist anymore, though the upper fuselage section of was stored at Woodley, United Kingdom as part of the Miles Collection c. 2000.

Info from this Wikiwand page.

Source : AirTeamImages.

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Jersey 1997 SG 809

de Havilland DH-114 Heron

Aircraft registration is G-AORG.

Built in 1956, and flew with Jersey Airlines. In service with the Royal Navy from 1961. Since 2009, this aircraft has been in Coventry where a bunch of enthusiasts are trying to keep her flying. Supposedly this is the last flying DH Heron. Last update on the Key.Aero page (see link) says this aircraft flew briefly in 2017.

More photos at the first link below.

Info from sources listed below (will open in new tab)

1. Key.Aero

2. Flickr

Source : Key.Aero.

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Jersey 1997 SG 810

Boeing 737 (737-236)

Aircraft registration was G-BGDB, now (Dec 2019) PK-JGY.

Aircraft was operated by British Airways from 1980 to 1997. Currently in service (Dec 2019) with Jatayu Air, Indonesia as PK-JGY.

Info from sources listed below (will open in new tab)

1. Airfleets

2. Rzjets

Photo taken sometime in 1982.

Source : Wikimedia Commons.

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Jersey 1999 SG 888, Scott 886

de Havilland DH-86 Express

Aircraft registration was G-ACYF, VR-SBD, VH-AND, RAAF as A31-2, c/n 2313.

One of the first DH.86 planes produced, this aircraft saw service with Jersey Airways from 1935 to mid-1938, before ownership headed east, initially in Singapore and eventually as A31-2 with the RAAF. It crashed in May 1944 and was dismantled. While in service with Jersey Airways, this aircraft also featured in a nice poster for the airline.

Info from sources listed below (will open in new tab)

1. The Island Wiki

2. Geoff Goodall's Aviation History site.

3. See this interesting poster from the Smithsonian site, which features this aircraft.

Photo taken on 17th July 1937.

Source : The Island Wiki.

Source : Geoff Goodall's Aviation History site.

Source : Smithsonian website. Click on the link for a large size image.

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Jersey 2000 SG 965, Scott 967

Vickers Wellington

Aircraft registration was R1613, identifier 'BU-G'.

Aircraft was shot down over Bremen in the early hours of 15th July 1941. Four aircraft had taken off on the mission, and at about 10000 feet over Bremen they had been attacked by German aircraft. Two of the crew were killed, while the rest baled out, ending up as POWs for the remainder of the war.

No photos of this aircraft are available, but there's a drawing by Flt Lt Marshall Johnson who was rear gunner on this aircraft that fateful night (he survived).

Info from this site.

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Jersey 2000 SG 966, Scott 968

Boulton Paul Defiant

Aircraft registration was L7026, identifier 'PS-V'.

Aircraft was shot down over the UK sometime on 28th August 1940, killing Pilot Officer C E Johnson.

Also see the Gibraltar 2010 issue here featuring the same aircraft.

Info from this Back to Normandy site.

Source : Aircraft of the RAF from the Imperial War Museum (IWM) website

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Jersey 2000 SG 967, Scott 969

Short Sunderland

Aircraft registration was P9603, identifier 'RB-H'.

Assigned Nov 1939 to 10 Sqn RAAF, sank a U-26 in July 1940, 2 AR196 in June 1941. On 24th June 1941, crashed while landing.

Info from this ADF Serials site.

Source : Australian War Memorial website

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Jersey 2003 SG 1076, Scott 1065

de Havilland DH-84 Dragon

Aircraft registration was G-ACMJ.

Aircraft was operated by Jersey Airways for flights from Jersey to mainland UK. Registration was cancelled in Nov 1941, but fate of this aircraft is not known.

Info from this Civil Aviation Register - GB site.

Source : The Island Wiki website

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Jersey 2005 SG 1185, Scott 1146

Britten-Norman Islander

Aircraft registration was G-CIAS, was called Lions Pride.

G-CIAS was a search-and-rescue aicraft acquired by Channel Islands Air Search (CIAS) in 1992. It was named Lions Pride as much of the funding came from the Lions Club. On 3rd Nov 2013, while searching for two fishermen, the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in Jersey. No one was hurt but the aircraft was written off.

Info from Aviation Safety Network.

Source : This BBC News article

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Jersey 2007 SG 1328, Scott 1283

Junkers Ju 52 (Ju 52/3m)

Aircraft registration was F-AZJU, c/n 103.

This Ju52 is one of the first CASA 352s built in Spain. The fuselage was manufactured in Germany by Junkers and the wings by CASA in 1943.The fuselage was sent to Spain with thirty others, to join the assembly line. After decommission the Ju52 was acquired by a British Movie company. In 1990 she was acquired by Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis and meticulously restored by the Amicale team.

Info from sources listed below (will open in new tab)

1. Flying Legends

2. Plenty of photos at this Wikimedia Commons page.

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Jersey 2009 SG 1410, Scott 1350

Douglas C-47 Dakota

Aircraft registration was G-AHCZ, c/n 11924, built in 1943.

Not much info available, but few photos available from when it was operated by Cambrian Airways. Aircraft was written off sometime in 1969.

Info from AirportData.com.

Source : Copyrighted image from ABPic

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Jersey 2009 SG 1412, Scott 1352

Handley Page Dart Herald

Aircraft registration was G-APWE.

No info available

Source : Copyrighted image from ABPic

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Jersey 2009 SG 1413, Scott 1353

Bristol Type 170 Freighter

Aircraft registration was G-ANWM.

No info available. Please see this Jersey 1984 stamp featuring the same aircraft.

Source : Copyrighted image from ABPic

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Jersey 2009 SG 1414, Scott 1354

Fokker F27 Friendship

Aircraft registration was G-BNCY, c/n 10558.

First flew in 1977. Operated by AirUK for flights between the Channel Islands and mainland UK. Crashed while landing at Guernsey airport on 7th Dec 1997. Overshot the runway and ended up in a patch of grass. No one was injured but aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Info from Aviation Safety Network.

Source : Copyrighted image from Flickr, taken in Feb 1988.

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Jersey 2012 SG 1643

de Havilland DH-86 Express

Aircraft registration was G-ACZR 'La Saline Bay', c/n 2322.

Was operated by Jersey Airways, and was requisitioned by RAF during the war. Crashed on 31st Mar 1943, with 7 fatalities while on a military flight.

Info from Aerial Visuals.

Source : The Island Wiki website.

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Jersey 2012 SG 1644

Bristol Type 170 Freighter, Wayfarer Mk II

Aircraft registration was G-AGVB, c/n 12731.

Not much info available on this aircraft.

Source : Copyrighted photo from airhistory.net.

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Jersey 2012 SG MS1649

Dornier 328

Aircraft registration was G-BYHG, c/n 3098.

Not much info available on this aircraft.

Source : Wikimedia Commons.

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Jersey 2018 100th anniv of the RAF - 50p issue

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 (S.E.5a)

Aircraft registration was F904.

Built by Wolseley Motors, and assigned to No 84 Squadron RAF in Nov 1918. Successfully brought down a Fokker DVII just a day before the armistice came into effect. After the war, it went into private hands, rediscovered in 1955, and restored to flying status. It now flies in airshows in its original colours.

Info from Warbird Aviation.

Source : Warbird Aviation.

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Jersey 2018 100th anniv of the RAF - 65p issue

Hawker Fury

Aircraft registration was K5673.

The original K5673 was delivered in early 1936 to No. 1 Squadron, RAF. In 1938, K5673 moved to No. 3 Flying Training School, but was ‘written off’ in a landing accident at RAF South Cerney on 7th December. The picture here is of a replica.

Info from Brooklands Museum website.

Source : ABPic. Note that this is not the actual aircraft but a replica built for the museum.

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Jersey 2018 100th anniv of the RAF - 76p issue

Short Stirling B.III

Aircraft registration was EE917, identifier 'EX-L'.

Was part of 199 Squadron RAF. On 31st Aug 1943, this aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Bruno Eikmeier of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 'G9+BK'. The aircraft crashed near Nederweert-Eind, Limburg in the Netherlands, and all 8 crew were killed. No photos are available of this aircraft.

Info from Aviation Safety Network.

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Jersey 2022 74p

Fokker F27 Friendship

Aircraft registration was G-BHMZ. MSN 10244, built in 1964.

Not much info available, but it seems to have been scrapped around 1985.

Source : Wikimedia Commons image.

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Jersey 2022 88p

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer

Aircraft registration was G-APHX. MSN 507.

Originally part of the Kuwait Oil Company in the late 1950s and early 1960s. At some point, they returned back to the UK, and were then part of the fleet of Jersey Ferry Airlines. Current whereabouts unknown.

Source : Wikipedia image.

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Jersey 2022 £1.30

Vickers Viscount

Aircraft registration was G-APIM, c/n 412 (V.806 series).

First flight in June 1958. Had a notable history with various airlines, finally ending up with British Air Ferries. Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Southend Airport on 11th January 1988, when a Shorts SD3-30 hit it while taxiing for takeoff. The aircraft was then given on long-term lease to the Brooklands Museum's aviation collection, where it is on display.

Info from the Vickers Viscount Network, which has the full detailed history of this aircraft.

Source : Flickr - image likely under copyright.

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Jersey 2023 £1.85

Britten-Norman Islander

Aircraft registration is 2-CIAS.

This was a new aircraft delivered to the Channel Islands Air Search (CIAS) in June 2019, developed on a bespoke design by Britten-Norman.

Info from Britten-Norman

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