Withdrawn from service and stored. Ex 41 Sqn.

Photo probably taken after repaint out of SABENA colours following end of lease in June 1966. Transferred to British Air Ferries in October 1967. Subsequently to Midland Air Cargo. WFU at Coventry in August 1973. Flown to Lasham in 1974 and broken up there in May 1975. Photographer not known.

nice early scheme

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This Bristol Freighter did some serious world traveling during 50 years of service. The Royal New Zealand Air Force from 1952 -77, based it in Singapore and Vietnam as well as New Zealand. Flown to England in August 1982 to operate the first service by Instone Air Line as G-AMWA . It returned to New Zealand in 1984 for Hercules Airlines as ZK-EPD. Trans Provincial Airlines bought it in 1987 as C-GYQS. After bankruptcy in 1993, employees formed Hawkair to continue. Stored in 1999 as mining projects providing work in Bronson Creek ended, it was acquired by the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in 2004.

Minus port engine, in store after being traded in against Aviaco's Carvair order, arriving on 28th January 1965. Ex-EC-WHH, G-18-126, G-AMRP. Surprisingly it was restored and flown to Lydd on 24th February 1966 and test flown as G-41-1-66. It became ZK-CPU with SAFE in July 1966 and was dbr in a cyclonic storm at Rongotai Airport, Wellngton NZ on 10th April 1968.

Displayed at the 1948 SBAC show at Farnborough, then to CAA as VP-YHZ 28 Oct.1948, and transferred to WAAC as VR-NAA May 1949. Arrived at Southend on delivery from Nigeria 31 March 1957 and restored as G-AIFO 8 April 1957 to East Anglian Flying Services and to Channel Airways 5 Nov.1962 upon corporate name change. Made its last flight 18 Oct.1964 and remained parked at Southend until scrapped there July 1966. Cancelled 13 Sept.1966 as 'Destroyed'.

Damaged beyond repair as C-FDFC whilst taking off Enstone, Oxfordshire July 18, 1996.

On completion of overhaul at Southend. Re-entered service with Midland Air Cargo on 27 September 1971. C of A expired 1 October 1972, ferried to Lasham 15 September 1973 and broken up there in May 1975.

Currently stored awaiting restoration, this aircraft entered service with the RNZAF in 1953 and was retired in 1977 becoming ZK-EPG following which it spent many years in open storage at Ardmore. It arrived back in the UK in late 2018.

Operated by Straits Air Freight Express. This was the first of three accidents suffered by ZK-AYG. The others were in 1954 and 1955. Withdrawn from use in 1967. The fuselage was used in a rebuild of ZK-CWF. Photo from: Evening Post/Alexander Turnbull Library