American Aircraft in RAF Service 1939-1945- Lockheed Model 10a Electra. Electra, W9104, of No. 24 Squadron RAF, taxying on an airfield in the United Kingdom. Formerly G-AFEB of British Airways Ltd, this aircraft was impressed into the RAF and delivered to No. 24 Squadron on 18 December 1939. It was struck off charge after a landing accident at Clifton, Yorkshire, on 12 October 1941.

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