Aircraft | Qty | Engines | Qty | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Avro | 40 | Mono | 53 | |
DH.9 | 60 | B.H.P | 71 | |
Total | 100 | 124 |
The aircraft were distributed as follows:
Donee | Avro | DH9 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Royal Air Force | 20 | Based Lahore | |
Political purposes | 6 | Four later given to individuals | |
Other | 14 | 60 | Divided between local govt., States and firms as shown below |
Donee | Avro | DH9 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Assam | 4 | Registered in G-I register (registrations unknown). Three given to individuals, one crashed pre 6.21 | |
Bihar & Orissa | 1 | ||
Burma | 1 | ||
Bengal Nagpur Railway | 2 | ||
Madras | 1 | ||
Punjab | 1 |
Donee | Avro | DH9 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Alwar | 3 | ||
Barwani | 1 | ||
Bharatpur | 1 | 1 | Used to start Bharatpur Aviation Academy. DH.9 was D585 and Avro was F8824 |
Bikaner | 2 | One was serial D5649 | |
Hyderabad | 1 | ||
Indore | 1 | 1 | |
Malerkotla | 1 | ||
Mysore | 1 | ||
Nabha | 2 | ||
Nawanagar | 2 | ||
Patiala | 2 | ||
Rewa | 1 |
Donee | Avro | DH9 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Handley Page IBT | 3 | 1 | One DH.9 and one Avro crashed. 2 Avro later transferred to McKenzie |
G McKenzie | 5 | Subsequently transferred to Capt Murphy | |
Capt Murphy | 1 | 12 | Started MC Aviation Syndicate with Capt Connelly |
G le Mesurier | 1 | (Kapur & Co) | |
Lt Hereford & Hall | 1 | ||
Mr Holoway | 1 | ||
Mr Seshasyee | 1 | ||
Sam Brounes Ltd | 1 | ||
Major Wills | 1 | Presumably became G-IAAF | |
Major Duguid | 1 | ||
Capt D'Arcy | 1 | 2 | |
Capt RV Grove | 4 | ||
Major BF Wates | 1 | Presumably became G-IAAP | |
Mr AB Dees | 1 | ||
Chief Inspector of Aircraft | 2 | 4 | For investigations into conditions affecting aviation in India |
Total | 40 | 60 |
At 31 December 1922 it was noted that 'of the 82 (sic) aircraft presented to the RAF, individuals and firms, 41 are serviceable. Nothing is known of the 18 (sic) aircraft presented to Indian States'
The official list of DH.9 serials is as follows:
C1313 C1391 C1392 C2208 C2218 C2219 C6128 C6245 D514 D524 D585 D601 D612 D645 D650 D1053 D1247 D1248 D1282 D2776 D2978 D2983 D2997 D3018 D3180 D3185 D3188 D3190 D3192 D3193 D3197 D3200 D3201 D3204 D3208 D5649 D5686 D5689 D5709 D5756 D5765 D5774 D5793 D5814* D5818 D5846 D7368 E611 E612 E8882 E8894 E8909 E8915 F1104 F1125 F1153 F1184 F1246 H4307 H9115
*listed as D6814. H9129 also went to India, becoming G-IAAA (HPIBT) but is believed not to be part of the Imperial Gift. D611 is listed in some sources but is believed to be an error for E611, which became G-IAAQ (Air Survey Co)
D1247 became G-IAAE (HPIBT). D3180 became G-IAAB (Fl Off Cocks) and D5686 became G-IAAS (Air Survey Co).
The official list of Avro 504K is as follows:
D7185 D9059 D9064 D9065** E3046 E3701 E3702 E3703 E3706 E9382 E9400 E9401 E9402 E9403 E9404 E9405 F8824 F8826 F8829 F8831 H1934 H1936 H2146 H2153 H2155 H2546
H2547 H2548 H2621 H2622 H2623 H2624 H2625 H3078 H3079 H3080 H7495 H7496 H9704 H9705
** listed as H9065. One Avro in the E3701 to E3706 range became G-IAAG. Some sources include D7568, E3700 and H2471.
MC Aviation Syndicate (Murphy & Connelly) subsequently sold two DH.9 and two Avro 504K to Afghanistan.