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G-AIVH

Vickers Viking Type 610
c/n 221
Entered Service
First flew 22nd May 1947.
Purchased by Eagle Aviation Ltd from BEA on 14th May 1953.
Left Service
Withdrawn from service at Heathrow and dismantled. B/U Unknown 1959.
Named
"Lord Howe"
History
Extensively used on trooping contracts using serial number XG896. It was damaged and repaired on three occasions, a heavy landing at Nicosia on the 30th September 1954, propeller and engine damage at Basle on the 21st July 1957, lastly at Benina, Libya on the 12thj May 1958.
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