Acquired for spares by Britannia Airways - Donaldson titles and registration all painted out.

Acquired for spares by Britannia Airways

Arrived at Coventry on May 31 1972 having been acquired by Shackleton Aviation for potential sale - Donaldson tites removed from upper fuselage. Scrapped on site.

Being stripped for spares

G-ARKA parked behind it outside The Queen's Building with Sabena C-47 OO-AUX taking off in the distance.

Ex-G-AOVR. To Air Spain October 1966. Sold to IAS Cargo for spares in April 1973. Here with all engines removed and broken up later the same year.

With Eurafric and about to be acquired by Redcoat Air Cargo - full details with my upload as XL639 at #736751. W/o Boston 16th February 1980

Photo by Michael Genovese.

XL639 was delivered to 99 Sqdn in October 1958, the unit becoming 99/511 Sqdn in 1961. Stored at 5 MU Kemble from October 1975, it was bought by Guiness Peat Aviation in early 1976 and on to Airline Engineering a year later after storage at Stansted. Registered EI-BDC it operated various lease periods with Aer Turas and Cyprus Airways before being sold to Eurafric in January 1978. Moving to Redcoat Air Cargo as G-BRAC in June 1978, it sadly crashed after take-off from Boston-Logan on 16th February 1980 due to ice accumulation and windshear. Pre-flight weather briefing was judged inadequate.

Preserved on the old Speke aerodrome apron

operating for Air Faisal at the time - still in basic IAS / African Cargo colors. To All Cargo Airlines in December 1978 (photographer not known)

(photographer not known)

wfu Biggin Hill 8.75

Ex-G-AOVR. To Air Spain October 1966. Sold to IAS Cargo for spares in April 1973. Here with number 2 engine removed. Broken up at Biggin Hill the following year.