HB-HOF Percival P.54 Survey Prince
(c/n P54/042)
This aircraft was a specialized version of
the P.50 Prince. Various versions were built for both
aerial photogrpahy (with
cameras mounted in the floor of the fuselage) and also for survey work
equipped with aerial
magnetometers. The aircraft was registered to
Eidgenossischen Vermes-
sungsdirektion (Survey) Service Technique du Department Militaire
Federal - STM of Berne,
.
a branch of the
Swiss Federal
Government. The nose titling reads "Mensuration
Cadastrale
Suisse".
HB-HOF crashed at La Punt-Chamues, on route to St. Moritz on 24th
July 1957,
when it
experienced an engine failure.