Registered to Comex in March 1972, ex TransportFlug D-ACAB. Recorded as acquired by SFAir in May 1975 but I have found no exact date. This photo was taken 22 days before Mick Bajcar photographed it at Paris Le Bourget. So, I don't know if it was still Comex or if it was SFAir when I photographed it at Wevelgem. It may have been in the process of being readied for delivery to SFAir.

Acquired in April 1971 ex Airlift N605SA. As can be seen, it was certainly not in the full TAR livery when this photo was taken. The reason for this is unknown. It was written off 18 Jul 81 when it crashed some 50km from Yerevan (Armenia) after a mid-air collision with a Soviet fighter. According to the ASN account it was en route Tehran to Larnarca when it strayed off course into Soviet airspace and was intercepted by a Sukhoi Su-15 fighter. It seems that the fighter pilot misjudged a turn and the two aircraft collided and crashed. The Sukhoi pilot safely ejected.

8/44: TOS USAAF. 10/44 Transferred to the RAF as Liberator GR.VI s/n KH191. The plane flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations until late 1945 when it was abandoned in Khanpur, India. 1948: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n T-18. 1968: Given to the Indian Air Force Technical College in Jalahali, to be used for mechanic training. 1981: Doug Arnold/Warbirds of Great Britain. 5/82: Airfreighted disassembled by a Belfast transport plane to Blackbushe Airport, England. 1984: Doctor Robert F. Collings, and transported by ship to the USA. 6/89: Registered as N224J. 1989: Restored.

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