Warplanes of the UK: Fairchild Argus

Fairchild Argus

(IWM Photo, ATP 10681B)

Argus Mark I, HM164, on the ground at the Burtonwood Repair Depot, Lancashire. After service with the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, the aircraft was transferred to the Air Transport Auxiliary.

Fairchild Argus Mk. III (Serial No. HB652), on the ground at Hooton Park, Cheshire, ca 1940s.  (IWM Photo, ATP 10978C)

Fairchild Argus Mk. III, Reg. No. G-RGUS, painted as (Serial No. KK527), c/n 1145, previously flown as USAAF (Serial No. 44-83184), to be painted in an RAF scheme, Spanhoe, Northants.

Fairchild Argus (Serial No. HB612), Reg. No. G-AJSN, being restored by the Ulster Aviation Society (UAS) at Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

Fairchild Argus Mk. II (Serial No. ), Reg. No. G-AIZE.  Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, Shifnal, Shropshire.

Fairchild Argus Mk. I, RAF (Serial No. HM181), on the ground at Heston Airport, Middlesex.  (IWM Photo, ATP 10978C)

(Nilfanion Photos)

Fairchild Argus II (Serial No. FK338), Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, Yorkshire.  The Argus II at Elvington arrived in England in August 1942 and served for most of the Second World War with the ATA at No.2 Ferry Pool, Whitchurch.  After the War, it was acquired by the United States Flying Club and registered as G-AJOZ. It was finally withdrawn from use in 1963.  After many years in various collections, the Argus was acquired by the Yorkshire Air Museum in June 2000.

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