Piper L-4H Grasshopper, G-BOXJ / 12193, Private
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Registration: G-BOXJ
Construction Number: 12193
Code Number: 479897 / JD
Model Piper L-4H Grasshopper
Operator: Private
Airport: Old Buckenham (EGSV), UK - England
Airshow: Old Buckenham - Airshow - 2022
Photographer: Phil Melia
Date Taken: 30/07/2022
Date Submitted: 07/08/2022
G-BOXJ and replica Storch G-BOZB recreating the last aircraft shot down by the Allies on the Western Front in World War II. The pilot and co-pilot of the L-4, lieutenants Duane Francis and Bill Martin, opened fire on the Storch with their .45 calibre pistols, forcing the German air crew to land and surrender
Picture ID:1801596