Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01
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A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (20)
Cordes flying the prototype Harrow, K6933, first flown by him on October 10, 1936. This aircraft later became G-AFRG and was used for flight refuelling experiments in 1939. It was broken up after suffering damage during an air raid at Ford in August 1940.
The prototype Harrow, K6933, pictured at Radlett. It first flew on October 10, 1936, the Air Ministry having ordered 100 Harrows in August the previous year.
Handley Page test pilot the late J.L.Cordes, complete with monocle, photographed with the prototype Harrow.