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Viscount c/n 80

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Below are the 11 photos we have on file for Viscount c/n 80 together with either the actual date that the photo was taken or an estimate of that date based on clues such as the livery worn or other background information.

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
April 1956

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at London Airport (now known as Heathrow), Middlesex, England circa April 1956.

Photo source - Andrew Fraize collection

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
June 1957

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark in June 1957.

This appears to be a state visit as the Danish national flag is being flown from the cockpit roof.

Photo source - Flemming K Fogh

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
June 1958

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at Teversham Airport, Cambridge, England circa June 1958.

Presumably the aircraft was having work done by Marshalls and may have included fitment of the weather radar and radome, which it now has installed.

Note the RAF Vickers Valiant in the background.

Photo source - Bob O'Brien collection

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
June 1958

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at Teversham Airport, Cambridge, England circa June 1958.

Presumably the aircraft was having work done by Marshalls and may have included fitment of the weather radar and radome, which it now has installed.

Photo source - Tony Clarke collection via David Whitworth

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
June 1959

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at an unknown location circa June 1959.

Photo source - John Morris collection

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
June 1960

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at Teversham Airport, Cambridge, England circa June 1960.

Note the two whip aerials now fitted to the top of the fuselage and others near the wing tip pointing down.

This avionics upgrade work may well have been carried out by Marshalls.

This aircraft was later sold to the Indian Airlines Corporation (IAC).

Photo source - Brian R Burrage collection (gallery 1)

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
October 1961

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at RAF Northolt, Middlesex, England circa October 1961.

Photo Ref V675

Photo source - Brian N Stainer (Aviation Photo News)

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
June 1963

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at RAF Khormaksar, Aden circa June 1963.

It was probably on its way to, or from the UK.

In the background is an RAF Blackburn Beverley.

Photo source - Tony Ward collection

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
May 1964

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland 20 May 1964.

It was undergoing maintenance work with Scottish Aviation Ltd (SAL).

Note the Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) aerials hanging down near the port wingtip.

Photo source - Jim Cain via David Cain (Ayronautica)

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Indian Air Force
IU-684
June 1964

Delivered new to the Indian Air Force named as 'Raj Humsa'. Taken at RAF Muharraq, Bahrain 2 June 1964 during its return to India after maintenance with Scottish Aviation Ltd (SAL) at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Photo source - Jacques Guillem collection

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Indian Airlines Corporation (IAC)
VT-DWJ
June 1972

Purchased from the Indian Air Force. Taken at Palam Airport, Delhi, India circa June 1972 in the maintenance area with a sister aircraft behind.

Photo source - Ed Jones collection

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