Avro 689 Tudor 5, G-AKCD / 1422, British South American Airways Corporation - BSAA
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Registration: G-AKCD
Construction Number: 1422
Code Number: Star Eagle
Model Avro 689 Tudor 5
Operator: British South American Airways Corporation - BSAA
Airport: Unknown, Unknown
Photographer: Brian Harris Collection via George Trussell
Date Taken: 1949 (approximate)
Date Submitted: 08/01/2024
Registered in 1947 and used by BSAA as a fuel freighter on the Berlin Airlift. Then transferred to BOAC. To William Dempster in 1950; wfu by end of 1953 and acquired by Air Charter Ltd. Scrapped Stansted in June 1958. This shot appears to be taken while on static display; could be at the end of the Berlin Airlift, possibly in Germany?
Picture ID:1870876