
January 1956 to July 1973
British European Airways Corporation (BEA)
G-AOHW * - c/n 253 - a V.802 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
2 January 1956
Registered to British European Airways Corporation (BEA).
18 July 1957
First flight from Brooklands Airfield, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
It landed at Wisley Airfield, Surrey, England for fitting out and test flying.
1 August 1957
Delivered to British European Airways (BEA) named as 'R M A Sir Francis Younghusband'.
19 August 1957
Noted at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England.
BEA ‘Red Square‘ livery
March 1959
A new BEA 'Red Square' livery was adopted and aircraft were repainted during the early 1960s when they next went in for overhaul.
Sadly, after repainting, the aircraft no longer carried a name including the nameplate on the forward cabin bulkhead.
12 November 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
26 January 1960
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
19 April 1960
Noted painted in the new BEA 'Red Square' livery.
10 September 1960
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
12 October 1961
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
6 November 1963
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
April 1968
Noted with 'The Malta Airlines' titles in place of the 'Red Square' logos on the cheatline. A joint summer service was operated from Heathrow Airport to Malta via Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy.
circa 1968
Painted in the new BEA 'Flying Union Jack' livery. Aircraft were repainted when they went in for major overhaul, which took some of them into the early 1970s before this was accomplished.
14 May 1969
Total time 26,119:26 hours and 19,776 total landings.
28 January 1970
Total time 27,375:30 hours and 21,113 total landings.
BEA ‘Channel Islands‘ titles
circa 1971
'Channel Islands' titles were added to the BEA ‘Flying Union Jack‘ livery.
7 April 1973
A bomb was reported on-board this aircraft at Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands which resulted in all the passengers being offloaded and they then had to identify their baggage which had been offloaded onto the ramp. It turned out to be a hoax call and a spectator on the observation deck was later arrested. An article appeared in the Guernsey Press on the following Monday, 9 April.
31 July 1973
Transferred to British Airways (BA) due to a corporate merger.
FURTHER READING: Books about BEA - British European Airways
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